[mythtv-users] link-local and mythtv

[John Pilkington]

Hi:  I'm sending this from a kubuntu/myth laptop using a BTWifi-with-FON 
connection to a nearby hotspot, and have a link-local wired ethernet 
connection to a TV for full-screen display by UPnP.  It works, but it 
seems that I need to keep the TV permanently 'on,' and not on 'standby,' 
to get full myth functionality when using the laptop screen.  I wonder 
if there's a way round this.

When things are working the backend shows

2015-08-04 18:54:44.142106 I  Listening on TCP 127.0.0.1:6544
2015-08-04 18:54:44.142155 I  Listening on TCP 169.254.10.241:6544

but if I run mythtv-setup.real with the TV in standby I see

2015-08-04 18:47:42.160183 C  ServerPool: Host is configured to listen 
on 169.254.10.241, but address is not used on any local network interfaces.
2015-08-04 18:47:42.160807 I  Binding to UDP 127.0.0.1:6948

and starting the FE/BE in this condition doesn't connect.

If, after a good start, I switch the TV back to standby, the 
laptop-screen-based system seems to do most things, although I don't 
know how far I could push this.  My cutting script hangs, right at the 
end, waiting for mythpreviewgen; it completes with the TV on.

I suppose what I'm wanting is a fallback to 127.0.0.1 if the link-local 
device (needed for UPnP) isn't active.  Is there a way of getting this?

Thanks,

John P