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

[Bill Meek]

On 09/18/2014 11:15 AM, Ken Truesdale 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?

Hi,

Your description implies that the frontend could connect to the backend
prior to the upgrade. And that the connection to the remote DB on port
3306 (usually) is OK.

The frontend connects to the backend using the IP supplied from the DB
and it's getting 127.0.0.1 port 6543. That appears to be a backend
setup problem. Which doesn't make sense if this was working before
the upgrade.

I'd pastebin your backend log, at it's startup. Or, at least be sure
there's a line like:

     CoreContext serverpool.cpp:404 (listen) - Listening on TCP 192.168.1.211:6543

-- 
Bill