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

sharifah ummu kulthum kulthum91 at gmail.com
Wed Mar 10 09:24:59 UTC 2010


On Wed, Mar 10, 2010 at 4:41 PM, sharifah ummu kulthum
<kulthum91 at gmail.com>wrote:

>
>
> 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?



and this is just to be more specific. this is the output when  i run
mythfrontend. it seems like the connection between BE/FE is just lost

bitto at bitto:~$ mythfrontend
2010-03-10 16:31:46.630 mythfrontend version: branches/release-0-22-fixes
[22594] www.mythtv.org
2010-03-10 16:31:46.665 AudioPulseUtil: Suspend Success
2010-03-10 16:31:46.666 Using runtime prefix = /usr
2010-03-10 16:31:46.666 Using configuration directory = /home/bitto/.mythtv
2010-03-10 16:31:47.417 Empty LocalHostName.
2010-03-10 16:31:47.417 Using localhost value of bitto
2010-03-10 16:31:47.425 New DB connection, total: 1
2010-03-10 16:31:47.430 Connected to database 'mythconverg' at host:
localhost
2010-03-10 16:31:47.431 Closing DB connection named 'DBManager0'
2010-03-10 16:31:47.441 ScreenSaverX11Private: Gnome screen saver support
enabled
2010-03-10 16:31:47.442 DPMS is active.
2010-03-10 16:31:47.444 Primary screen: 0.
2010-03-10 16:31:47.445 Connected to database 'mythconverg' at host:
localhost
2010-03-10 16:31:47.447 Using screen 0, 1280x1024 at 0,0
2010-03-10 16:31:47.468 MythUI Image Cache size set to 20971520 bytes
2010-03-10 16:31:47.468 Enabled verbose msgs:  important general
2010-03-10 16:31:47.476 Primary screen: 0.
2010-03-10 16:31:47.477 Using screen 0, 1280x1024 at 0,0
2010-03-10 16:31:47.478 Using theme base resolution of 800x600
2010-03-10 16:31:47.485 LIRC, Error: Failed to connect to Unix socket
'/dev/lircd'
eno: No such file or directory (2)
2010-03-10 16:31:47.485 JoystickMenuThread Error: Joystick disabled - Failed
to read /home/bitto/.mythtv/joystickmenurc
2010-03-10 16:31:47.637 Using the Qt painter
2010-03-10 16:31:47.641 Loaded base theme from
/usr/share/mythtv/themes/MythCenter/base.xml
2010-03-10 16:31:47.734 Loaded base theme from
/usr/share/mythtv/themes/default/base.xml
2010-03-10 16:31:47.737 Current MythTV Schema Version (DBSchemaVer): 1244
2010-03-10 16:31:47.739 New DB connection, total: 2
2010-03-10 16:31:47.739 New DB connection, total: 3
2010-03-10 16:31:47.740 Connected to database 'mythconverg' at host:
localhost
2010-03-10 16:31:47.748 Connected to database 'mythconverg' at host:
localhost
2010-03-10 16:31:47.913 Desktop video mode: 1280x1024 75.03 Hz
2010-03-10 16:31:48.224 Registering Internal as a media playback plugin.
2010-03-10 16:31:48.329 MMUnix::AddDevice() Error: failed to stat /dev/bdi,
eno: No such file or directory (2)
2010-03-10 16:31:48.333 MMUnix::AddDevice() Error: failed to stat
/dev/power,
eno: No such file or directory (2)
2010-03-10 16:31:48.337 MMUnix::AddDevice() Error: failed to stat
/dev/trace,
eno: No such file or directory (2)
2010-03-10 16:31:48.343 MonitorRegisterExtensions(0x100, gif,jpg,png)
2010-03-10 16:31:48.357 Current MythMusic Schema Version (MusicDBSchemaVer):
1017
2010-03-10 16:31:48.405 MonitorRegisterExtensions(0x40,
mp3,mp2,ogg,oga,flac,wma,wav,ac3,oma,omg,atp,ra,dts,aac,m4a,aa3,tta,mka,aiff,swa,wv)
2010-03-10 16:31:48.421 Current MythVideo Schema Version
(mythvideo.DBSchemaVer): 1028
2010-03-10 16:31:48.487 Loading window theme from
/usr/share/mythtv/themes/MythCenter/menu-ui.xml
2010-03-10 16:31:48.627 Loading menu theme from
/usr/share/mythtv/themes/defaultmenu//mainmenu.xml
2010-03-10 16:31:48.634 Found mainmenu.xml for theme 'MythCenter'
2010-03-10 16:31:48.826 MythContext: Connecting to backend server:
127.0.0.1:6543 (try 1 of 1)
2010-03-10 16:31:48.827 Using protocol version 50
2010-03-10 16:32:51.523 TV: Attempting to change from None to Watching
WatchingLiveTV
2010-03-10 16:32:51.524 MythContext: Connecting to backend server:
127.0.0.1:6543 (try 1 of 1)
2010-03-10 16:32:51.524 Using protocol version 50
2010-03-10 16:32:51.624 Spawning LiveTV Recorder -- begin
2010-03-10 16:32:57.827 Spawning LiveTV Recorder -- end
2010-03-10 16:32:57.835 We have a
playbackURL(/var/lib/mythtv/livetv/1001_20100310163257.nuv) & cardtype(V4L)
2010-03-10 16:32:57.837 We have a RingBuffer
2010-03-10 16:33:37.890 TV Error: StartRecorder() -- timed out waiting for
recorder to start
2010-03-10 16:33:37.890 TV Error: LiveTV not successfully started
2010-03-10 16:33:37.893 ScreenSaverX11Private: DPMS Deactivated 1
2010-03-10 16:33:37.896 ScreenSaverX11Private: DPMS Reactivated 1
2*010-03-10 16:33:38.313 MythSocket(9516cd8:29): readStringList: Connection
died (select).*
*2010-03-10 16:33:38.313 Connection to backend server lost*
*2010-03-10 16:33:38.314 Event socket closed. No connection to the backend.*
*2010-03-10 16:33:38.317 MythContext: Connecting to backend server:
127.0.0.1:6543 (try 1 of 1)*
*2010-03-10 16:33:38.322 Connection to master server timed out.*
* **Either the server is down or the master server settings*
* **in mythtv-settings does not contain the proper IP address*

2010-03-10 16:33:38.322 Reconnection to backend server failed

2010-03-10 16:56:00.572 Reconnection to backend server failed
2010-03-10 16:57:07.153 MythContext: Connecting to backend server:
127.0.0.1:6543 (try 1 of 1)
2010-03-10 16:57:07.154 Using protocol version 50
2010-03-10 16:57:07.373 TV: Attempting to change from None to Watching
WatchingLiveTV
2010-03-10 16:57:07.374 MythContext: Connecting to backend server:
127.0.0.1:6543 (try 1 of 1)
2010-03-10 16:57:07.374 Using protocol version 50
2010-03-10 16:57:07.468 Spawning LiveTV Recorder -- begin
2010-03-10 16:57:13.729 Spawning LiveTV Recorder -- end
2010-03-10 16:57:13.737 We have a
playbackURL(/var/lib/mythtv/livetv/1001_20100310165713.nuv) & cardtype(V4L)
2010-03-10 16:57:13.739 We have a RingBuffer
2010-03-10 16:57:53.791 TV Error: StartRecorder() -- timed out waiting for
recorder to start
2010-03-10 16:57:53.792 TV Error: LiveTV not successfully started
2010-03-10 16:57:53.794 ScreenSaverX11Private: DPMS Deactivated 1
2010-03-10 16:57:53.795 ScreenSaverX11Private: DPMS Reactivated 1
2010-03-10 16:57:54.224 MythSocket(ffffffffaee2a918:32): readStringList:
Connection died (select).
*2010-03-10 16:57:54.224 Connection to backend server lost*
2010-03-10 16:57:54.224 Event socket closed. No connection to the backend.
2010-03-10 16:57:54.226 MythContext: Connecting to backend server:
127.0.0.1:6543 (try 1 of 1)
2010-03-10 16:57:54.237 Connection to master server timed out.
Either the server is down or the master server settings
in mythtv-settings does not contain the proper IP address

2010-03-10 16:57:54.237 Reconnection to backend server failed
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