[mythtv-users] Using MythTV 'offline'?

[Michael T. Dean]

On 12/28/2012 09:01 AM, PlainFaceBoy wrote:
> Hi - I've got mythtv working fine (version 0.25/fixes with Ubuntu 
> 12.04 64bit), front and back end both on the same machine, but I have 
> to have my router switched on else I get the message;
> 'Could not connect to the master backend server. Is it running? Is the 
> IP address set for it in mythtv-setup correct?'
> Is this normal? IP address in backend is 127.0.0.1. If I switch my 
> router on, and restart all is fine and it connects and my recordings 
> appear etc.
> Not a huge problem, but as they're both in one box shouldn't I be able 
> to use mythtv "offline" - is there something I can do to fix this?
> Thanks

It's your system's network management code "shutting down" networking 
when your router is gone.  You'll have to fix it there.

Mike