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

[sharifah ummu kulthum]

On Fri, Mar 5, 2010 at 11:16 AM, R. G. Newbury <newbury at mandamus.org> wrote:

> On 03/03/2010 11:22 PM, sharifah ummu kulthum wrote:
>
>>
>>
>> On Thu, Mar 4, 2010 at 12:13 PM, Newbury <newbury at mandamus.org
>> <mailto:newbury at mandamus.org>> wrote:
>>
>>    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.
>>
>>
>> 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.
>
>
>
>>    Make sure that your hostname is set in /etc/hosts. If using
>>    127.0.0.1 you need localhost in hosts. Restart the network.
>>
>>
>> This is my etc/hosts
>>
>> 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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just wanna seek clarification. in order for me to watch tv, do i need to run
mythbackend in terminal, then run the frontend to watch TV?
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