[mythtv-users] frontend fails

[Hika van den Hoven]

Hoi Peter,

Friday, February 24, 2017, 9:19:14 PM, you wrote:



> On 02/24/2017 10:57 AM, Curtis Gedak wrote:
>> On 2017-02-24 08:29 AM, Peter Bennett wrote:
>>> For the next version (29) I am building code in mythfrontend to wait for
>>> the network during startup. It looks like it would be useful to have it
>>> for backend startup also.
>>>
>>> Peter
>>>
>>
>> Hi Peter,
>>
>> Regarding mythbackend waiting for network during startup, I can think of
>> one potential issue.
>>
>> What would happen with a combined backend/frontend that received it's
>> schedule information Over-The-Air via antenna, and was not connected to
>> a network?
>>
>> I am thinking of a standalone MythTV system running in a remote location
>> without Internet access.
>>
>> Of course this issue would not be present with a separate frontend
>> system because it would require a network to access the backend.
>>
>> Regards,
>> Curtis
>>
>>
>> _______________________________________________
>>

> Hi Curtis

> My thinking was for the backend to wait until (in sequence)

> 1. Database can connect
> 2. The backend's IP address is available on an interface (backend IP 
> address is stored in the mythtv database for each backend, by name).

> If you do not have a (external) network you must set the database and 
> backend to ip address 127.0.0.1 (or ::1 if using IPV6) for it to work.
> It would find that address on the loopback interface and would continue
> startup. I think you always need at least the loopback network interface.

> If you have a network, you need to set up your network ip address in the
> database, then it will wait for that ip address to be available before
> backend can proceed with startup.

> Item 1. is already done in master. Item 2. should not be hard.

> Let me know if there are any issues with all this.

> Peter

what if the database sits on a different machine then the backend?
Then 2 and 1 have to be reversed.

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