[mythtv-users] could not connect to master backend server

[R. G. Newbury]

On 03/03/2010 11:22 PM, sharifah ummu kulthum wrote:
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> On Thu, Mar 4, 2010 at 12:13 PM, Newbury <newbury at mandamus.org
> <mailto:newbury at mandamus.org>> wrote:
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>     Check that the IP address for the backend is correct in
>     mythtv-setup, general, first page. If your box is a BE/FE then both
>     IP's should be the same.
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> my box is BE/FE. where should i check the IP in frontend?

Not in frontend. Stop the backend. Run mythtv-setup. Select 1) General. 
Set the IP addresses on the first page.

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>     Make sure that your hostname is set in /etc/hosts. If using
>     127.0.0.1 you need localhost in hosts. Restart the network.
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>
> This is my etc/hosts
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> 127.0.0.1       localhost
> 127.0.1.1       bitto
>
> # The following lines are desirable for IPv6 capable hosts
> ::1     localhost ip6-localhost ip6-loopback
> fe00::0 ip6-localnet
> ff00::0 ip6-mcastprefix
> ff02::1 ip6-allnodes
> ff02::2 ip6-allrouters
> ff02::3 ip6-allhosts
> hosts (END)

Since you have no other hosts listed, then you MUST use 127.0.0.1 in 
mythtv-setup.
In frontend Setup General you MUST identify the computer by 'localhost' 
ir use 127.0.0.1

>     This error is almost always either a typo, or a network setup problem.
>
>
> typo how?

Someone typing in the wrong IP address or not entering the hostname 
identifier (which is in frontend Setup General page 2) into hosts. Myth 
expects the computer to properly resolve the IP, if it uses a name. A 
bad network setup means that myth cannot do that...and generally then 
has a problem finding the backend.

>     Then try mythtv-setup again. Note that the backend should NOT be
>     running while doing setup, so this may not be an actual error unless
>     you got it while trying to start the frontend.
> meaning?

Just what I said. You should not get it from mythtv-setup, but only from 
frontend, when it cannot find the backend. See above.

Note that a fix to the analog scan problem has just been put into trunk 
23657. However using it requires that you download and compile the code. 
Since you only have one channel, it will not do you much good so you 
should stay with what you have.

Geoff
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