[mythtv-users] 2Backends

[Stephen Worthington]

On Thu, 8 Dec 2016 12:54:50 +0800, you wrote:

>
>> On 6 Dec. 2016, at 10:43 am, mythtv-users-request at mythtv.org wrote:
>> 
>>> What is the underlying reason you want to run 0.27 version ? Maybe you can
>>> solve the issue and use 0.28 and one backend.
>> 
>> I want to make sure 0.28 works fine before swapping, which it does not do!
>> 
>> First I’m not silly or naive - I’ve been using and configuring and building from src since 0.18
>> 
>> Time to spelunk the src, 
>> 
>> (1) my 0.28 frontend keeps displaying, then removing, then displaying again the ‘Cant connect to master backend message’. At all times a mysql -h bla -umythtv -pbla mythconverg from anywhere in the network works. Shutdown of the 0.27 machine has no effect.
>> 
>> (2) Play a video fails (there is no antenna on the 0.28 machine so live TV and recording are not tested yet).
>> The Video page does show the videos by name, no pictures though, but play on a remote machine says
>> Failed to access remote file myth://Videos@bla/whateverName.mpg
>> 
>> jam at poohcorner:~$ ls -l /store
>> total 24
>> drwx------ 2 root root 16384 Dec  5 11:12 lost+found
>> drwxrwxrwx 2 root root  4096 Dec  7 11:28 Movies
>> drwxrwxrwx 8 root root  4096 Dec  5 15:59 OwnCloud
>> jam at poohcorner:~$ ls -l /store/Movies
>> total 88802296
>> -rw-r--r-- 1 jam jam 2276717036 Dec  5 14:46 7DMAdmirer12.mpg
>> -rw-r--r-- 1 jam jam 1924607700 Dec  5 14:49 7DMAlwaysOnMyMind6.mpg
>> etc
>> 
>> The 0.28-backend machine *does* play videos on it’s frontend, though wierd in the extreme is to watch a recording with the “Can’t connect to Master Backend” overlaid. After a few seconds it fades, then is redisplayed.
>> 
>> Short of trying other hardware I cannot think of a thing to do. I have tried several installs of mythbuntu-16.04.1 this one with no fiddling except to set a root mysql password, set the mythtv password to something sane, and allow 192.168.5.% access.
>> 
>> (lest this provokes a storm: my machine has no internet access to it, my wife will not hack my network, and wireless access has a reasonable PSA password, what on earth is the point of bizare passwords?)
>> 
>> If anybody has ideas or suggestions, that would be most helpful.
>
>This is critique not criticsm, but does serve as a Beware regarding mythbuntu. I shall revert to the harder but more certain ways
>I installed afreash on a new machine (actually an older amd64)
>
>jam at 6pines:~$ mythtv-setup
>mysql: [Warning] Using a password on the command line interface can be insecure.
>ERROR 130 (HY000) at line 1: Incorrect file format 'settings'
>status: Name "com.ubuntu.Upstart" does not exist
>libGL error: No matching fbConfigs or visuals found
>libGL error: failed to load driver: swrast
>Gtk-Message: GtkDialog mapped without a transient parent. This is discouraged.
>Gtk-Message: GtkDialog mapped without a transient parent. This is discouraged.
>
>Back to square 1.
>James

I do have to wonder how you managed that, as I have never had anything
like that from a Mythbuntu 16.04 or 16.04.1 clean install.  Are you
getting that immediately after the install completes, or after you
have been adjusting things?