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

[sharifah ummu kulthum]

On Wed, Mar 10, 2010 at 4:22 PM, sharifah ummu kulthum
<kulthum91 at gmail.com>wrote:

>
>
> 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
>> --
>>        Please let me know if anything I say offends you.
>>         I may wish to offend you again in the future.
>>
>>         Tux says: "Be regular. Eat cron flakes."
>>
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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?
>
> and another things, why does, whenever i tried to 'watch TV' the frontend
will say 'mythtv is using all inputs. is there any active recordings?' why
is that so?
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