[mythtv-users] Could not connect to server problem

James Orr james.orr7 at gmail.com
Sat Mar 28 13:35:09 UTC 2009


Trying to get a frontend working with mythbuntu running off the CD.
When I go to play a recording I get a black screen for a moment and then
sent back to the menu. In the backend logs I get ...

2009-03-28 09:26:52.042 MainServer::HandleAnnounce Playback
2009-03-28 09:26:52.073 adding: frontend as a client (events: 0)
2009-03-28 09:26:52.130 MainServer::HandleAnnounce FileTransfer
2009-03-28 09:26:52.184 adding: frontend as a remote file transfer
2009-03-28 09:26:52.252 RemoteFile::openSocket(control socket):
                        Could not connect to server "" @ port -1
2009-03-28 09:26:52.307 RemoteFile::openSocket(file data socket):
                        Could not connect to server "" @ port -1
2009-03-28 09:26:52.362 RingBuffer::RingBuffer(): Failed to open remote file
()
2009-03-28 09:26:52.429 RingBuf() Error: Invalid file descriptor in
'safe_read()'

However, live TV works fine ...

2009-03-28 09:29:38.203 MainServer::HandleAnnounce Playback
2009-03-28 09:29:38.234 adding: frontend as a client (events: 0)
2009-03-28 09:29:38.292 TVRec(3): Changing from None to WatchingLiveTV
2009-03-28 09:29:38.353 TVRec(3): HW Tuner: 3->3
2009-03-28 09:29:40.080 MainServer::HandleAnnounce Playback
2009-03-28 09:29:40.133 adding: frontend as a client (events: 0)
2009-03-28 09:29:40.201 MainServer::HandleAnnounce FileTransfer
2009-03-28 09:29:40.311 adding: frontend as a remote file transfer

Googling turned up some stuff about this being a problem after changing the
backend hostname, which I have not done and I can ping the backend by IP and
hostname fine.  I can also ping "frontend" from the backend.
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