[mythtv-users] after upgrade, frontend can't connect to backend?

[Hika van den Hoven]

Hoi Ken,

Thursday, September 18, 2014, 6:15:36 PM, you wrote:

> I upgraded a frontend only computer today from 12.04 to 14.04.  It
> is a Mythbuntu install that was new for 12.04 and this is the only
> time the OS has been upgraded.  Other than feverishly trying to free
> up space as the upgrade kept consuming it (despite the upgrade
> saying it had enough space!), the upgrade seemed to go well.  
>
> After the upgrade when I try to start Mythfrontend, I get no
> database could be found error.  I checked the config.xml and it has
> the right info in it.  I ran the frontend from terminal (with debug
> level) and found that the frontend does ping the correct backend IP,
> then there’s the statement saying “FindDatabase() – Success!”. 
> Great so far.  But then the first instance of MythCoreContext says
> “Connecting to backend server: 127.0.0.1:6543 (try 1 of 1)”.  Under
> what circumstances would the frontend find and use config.xml
> initially and then ignore the info when it is time to connect?  
>
> The only other log content that may be of interest (between the
> database success and using loopback IP as backend IP) is pasted
> below.  I’m not sure if any of this is related to the problem.  (the
> thing about “IP_MULTICAST_IF” seems like a reasonable culprit?)
>
> 2014-09-18 11:49:03.079282 D  MMulticastSocketDevice(:31): setsockopt - IP_MULTICAST_IF
>                                                 eno: Cannot assign requested address (99)
> cannot find libcec.solibcec.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
> 2014-09-18 11:49:03.308340 D  MMulticastSocketDevice(:31): setsockopt - IP_MULTICAST_IF
>                                                 eno: Cannot assign requested address (99)
> 2014-09-18 11:49:03.334164 I  Loading en_us translation for module mythfrontend
> 2014-09-18 11:49:03.350789 E  LIRC: Failed to connect to Unix socket '/var/run/lirc/lircd'
>                                                 eno: No such file or directory (2)
> 2014-09-18 11:49:03.363661 E  CECAdapter: Failed to load libcec.

Two thoughts:
- are front and backend both 0.27?
- did the install maybe also add a mysql instance and filled it with
  an empty database? Hence the “FindDatabase() – Success!” statement.


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  Hika                            mailto:hikavdh at gmail.com

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