[mythtv-users] "Connection to master server timed out", all IP settings appear correct. (Trunk version)

[Jos Hoekstra]

Op 13-11-2011 4:02, Jelle De Loecker schreef:
> I had to reinstall my backend server from scratch. Previous OS was
> Ubuntu 10.04 I believe, now I'm using 11.10.
> I believe I'm using commit 47d52964f9946e90d9d8edc4392107b338270491 (I
> pulled it a few.. err 6-7 hours ago)
>
> The backend is running on ip address 192.168.1.2
>
> This is what has been set up in mythtv-setup:
>
> Local backend
> IP-address: 192.168.1.2
> Port: 6543
>
> Master backend
> IP-address: 192.168.1.2
> Port: 6543
>
>
> This is what I get when I try to open the frontend on the backend
> machine itself (which used to work perfectly)
>
> 2011-11-13 04:51:46.998389 I  MythCoreContext: Connecting to backend
> server: 192.168.1.2:6543 (try 1 of 1)
>
> 2011-11-13 04:51:46.998833 E  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
>
> 2011-11-13 04:51:46.998839 C  Unable to determine master backend time
> zone settings.  If those settings differ from local settings, some
> functionality will fail.
>
>
>
> I also get the same result on a remote machine.
> So it can create a connection to the database, but not to the mythtv server
>
> Further disclaimers:
> The "bind" option in mysql's my.cnf file has been disabled.
> The mythtv user is a global one, and can be used from anywhere (not just
> the local machine)
>
> So, does anyone have any idea what could be the problem and how to solve it?
>

Just stating the obvious, but the backend is running? What do the logs 
tell you?
Mythbuntu provides automatic scripts for starting etc did you copy those?