[mythtv-users] 23.1 backend sockets not listening

[Ross Camm]

logs

/usr/bin/mythbackend --user root -v most
2011-05-24 05:31:57.224 Already running as 'root'
2011-05-24 05:31:57.224 mythbackend version: branches/release-0-23-fixes
[26437] www.mythtv.org
2011-05-24 05:31:57.224 (old)Settings::ReadSettings(settings.txt) - No
such file
2011-05-24 05:31:57.224 Using runtime prefix = /usr
2011-05-24 05:31:57.225 Using configuration directory = /root/.mythtv
2011-05-24 05:31:57.225
(old)Settings::ReadSettings(/usr/share/mythtv/mysql.txt) - No such file
2011-05-24 05:31:57.225
(old)Settings::ReadSettings(/usr/etc/mythtv/mysql.txt) - No such file
2011-05-24 05:31:57.225
(old)Settings::ReadSettings(/root/.mythtv/mysql.txt) - 'DBHostName' =
'192.168.0.11'.
2011-05-24 05:31:57.225
(old)Settings::ReadSettings(/root/.mythtv/mysql.txt) - 'DBUserName' =
'mythtv'.
2011-05-24 05:31:57.225
(old)Settings::ReadSettings(/root/.mythtv/mysql.txt) - 'DBPassword' =
'XXX'.
2011-05-24 05:31:57.225
(old)Settings::ReadSettings(/root/.mythtv/mysql.txt) - 'DBName' =
'mythconverg'.
2011-05-24 05:31:57.225
(old)Settings::ReadSettings(/root/.mythtv/mysql.txt) - 'DBType' =
'QMYSQL3'.
2011-05-24 05:31:57.225 (old)Settings::ReadSettings(./mysql.txt) - No such
file
2011-05-24 05:31:57.225 Empty LocalHostName.
2011-05-24 05:31:57.225 Using localhost value of sun
2011-05-24 05:31:57.225 MCP::DefaultUPnP() - No default UPnP backend
2011-05-24 05:31:57.225 Testing network connectivity to '192.168.0.11'
2011-05-24 05:31:57.231 New DB connection, total: 1
2011-05-24 05:31:57.235 Connected to database 'mythconverg' at host:
192.168.0.11
2011-05-24 05:31:57.235 Closing DB connection named 'DBManager0'
2011-05-24 05:31:57.237 Connected to database 'mythconverg' at host:
192.168.0.11
2011-05-24 05:31:57.241 Current MythTV Schema Version (DBSchemaVer): 1254
2011-05-24 05:31:57.242 MythBackend: Starting up as the master server.
2011-05-24 05:31:57.253 New DB connection, total: 2
2011-05-24 05:31:57.254 Connected to database 'mythconverg' at host:
192.168.0.11
2011-05-24 05:31:57.268 TVRec(1): Start channel: 73.


> ubuntu 10.10
>
> upon a reboot, and a normal command line restart of mythbackend 23.1
> master, all listening sockets are created and all is good
>
> netstat -na | grep 654[3-4]
> tcp        0      0 0.0.0.0:6543            0.0.0.0:*              LISTEN
> tcp        0      0 0.0.0.0:6544            0.0.0.0:*              LISTEN
>
> but mythbackend stops responding after a day or so...and all is bad
>
> and a command line restart of mythbackend does not result in the
> listening sockets being created.
>
> the mythbackend logs dont offer any clues, and I have tried using the
> verbose levels without success of discovering a pointer to the issue.
>
> -v socket
>
> does not help.
>
> How can I diagnose why mythbackend cant open the sockets ?
> What logging/diagnostics can I enable to assist ?
>
> thanks in advance
>
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