[mythtv-users] BE errors

Bill Meek keemllib at gmail.com
Thu Sep 12 18:34:44 UTC 2013


On 09/12/2013 01:19 PM, Daryl McDonald wrote:
...
> 2013-09-12 14:15:35.952879 E  Failed listening on TCP 127.0.0.1:6544 - Error 8: The bound address is already in use

That error is a signature of the backend being started twice.

Lately you've been mentioning that you started your backend
by typing:

     /usr/bin/mythbackend.

That's not the proper *buntu way to start it. Plus, are
you sure that the backend isn't already running?

To start the backend from the command line, type:

     sudo start mythtv-backend

To see what that actually does, look at the file
/etc/init/mythtv-backend.conf.

To stop:

     sudo stop mythtv-backend

To see if it's already running type:

     status mythtv-backend

Or, even better, because you've started the backend
outside of the correct method:

     ps ax | grep mythbackend | grep -v grep

-- 
Bill


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