[mythtv-users] Unable to connect to the master backend at 192.168.1.100:6543 (16.04 & 0.28)

Hika van den Hoven hikavdh at gmail.com
Fri Apr 15 17:36:01 UTC 2016


Hoi Fred,

Friday, April 15, 2016, 7:03:51 PM, you wrote:

> This question didn't get any traction on the Mythbuntu forum so I thought I'd ask here...


> I installed 16.04 beta 2 and MythTV Mythbuntu 0.28 (both updated to
> the latest versions as of yesterday) and for the most part it's
> solid - can record and watch shows, etc. But mythweb and
> mythtv-status are not working 100%. I'll describe my mythtv-status
> problem, since I suspect that if I can fix that, my mythweb
> connection issue will be fixed as well.



> When I run mythtv-status, I get this:
> $ mythtv-status
> MythTV status for localhost
> ===========================
> Status...........: 2016-04-10 18:07:31
> Total Disk Space.: Total space is 5.4 TB, with 4.6 TB used (85.2%)
> Next Recording In: 35 Minutes
> Scheduled Recordings:
> 2016-04-10 18:43:00 - Fear the Walking Dead (AMC HD (Pacific))
> 2016-04-10 20:00:00 - Madam Secretary (KIONDT (KION-DT))
> Schedule Conflicts:
> Unable to access MythTV Perl API. Try with --verbose to find out why.



> When I try --verbose, I see what appears to be the same issue I have with mythweb:
> Failed to load Perl API
> Couldn't communicate with 192.168.1.100 on port 6543:
> IO::Socket::INET::MythTV: connect: Connection refused



> Any ideas why/how mythtv-status seems to be able to connect to the
> database for scheduled recordings but not for conflicts? Not sure where to look next...


My first thought with "Failed to load Perl API" is whether the API is
there. But seeing Stephens reply, my second thought is whether it is
the right (0.28) API.

Tot mails,
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