[mythtv-users] Mythbackend error: Failed to connect to (127.0.0.1:6543)

Wed Nov 7 07:07:03 UTC 2018

I am building a new mythtv backend on a Mint 19 system using MariaDB.

When the backend starts I get a connection refused error:

Nov  7 06:11:43 antec300 mythbackend: mythbackend[1573]: C thread_unknown
mythcommandlineparser.cpp:2619 (ConfigureLogging) mythbackend version:
fixes/29 [v29.1-41-gd8a2db7] www.mythtv.org
Nov  7 06:11:43 antec300 mythbackend: mythbackend[1573]: C thread_unknown
mythcommandlineparser.cpp:2621 (ConfigureLogging) Qt version: compile:
5.9.5, runtime: 5.9.5
Nov  7 06:11:43 antec300 mythbackend: mythbackend[1573]: N thread_unknown
mythcommandlineparser.cpp:2623 (ConfigureLogging) Enabled verbose msgs:
general
Nov  7 06:11:43 antec300 mythbackend: mythbackend[1573]: N thread_unknown
logging.cpp:927 (logStart) Setting Log Level to LOG_INFO
Nov  7 06:11:43 antec300 mythbackend: mythbackend[1573]: I Logger
logging.cpp:313 (run) Added logging to the console
Nov  7 06:11:43 antec300 mythbackend: mythbackend[1573]: I thread_unknown
signalhandling.cpp:194 (SetHandlerPrivate) Setup Interrupt handler
Nov  7 06:11:43 antec300 mythbackend: mythbackend[1573]: I thread_unknown
signalhandling.cpp:194 (SetHandlerPrivate) Setup Terminated handler
Nov  7 06:11:43 antec300 mythbackend: mythbackend[1573]: I thread_unknown
signalhandling.cpp:194 (SetHandlerPrivate) Setup Segmentation fault handler
Nov  7 06:11:43 antec300 mythbackend: mythbackend[1573]: I thread_unknown
signalhandling.cpp:194 (SetHandlerPrivate) Setup Aborted handler
Nov  7 06:11:43 antec300 mythbackend: mythbackend[1573]: I thread_unknown
signalhandling.cpp:194 (SetHandlerPrivate) Setup Bus error handler
Nov  7 06:11:43 antec300 mythbackend: mythbackend[1573]: I thread_unknown
signalhandling.cpp:194 (SetHandlerPrivate) Setup Floating point exception
handler
Nov  7 06:11:43 antec300 mythbackend: mythbackend[1573]: I thread_unknown
signalhandling.cpp:194 (SetHandlerPrivate) Setup Illegal instruction handler
Nov  7 06:11:43 antec300 mythbackend: mythbackend[1573]: I thread_unknown
signalhandling.cpp:194 (SetHandlerPrivate) Setup Real-time signal 0 handler
Nov  7 06:11:43 antec300 mythbackend: mythbackend[1573]: I thread_unknown
signalhandling.cpp:194 (SetHandlerPrivate) Setup Hangup handler
Nov  7 06:11:43 antec300 mythbackend: mythbackend[1573]: N thread_unknown
mythdirs.cpp:195 (InitializeMythDirs) Using runtime prefix = /usr
Nov  7 06:11:43 antec300 mythbackend: mythbackend[1573]: N thread_unknown
mythdirs.cpp:197 (InitializeMythDirs) Using configuration directory =
/home/mythtv/.mythtv
Nov  7 06:11:43 antec300 mythbackend: mythbackend[1573]: I CoreContext
mythcorecontext.cpp:271 (Init) Assumed character encoding: en_GB.UTF-8
Nov  7 06:11:43 antec300 mythbackend: mythbackend[1573]: N CoreContext
mythcontext.cpp:599 (LoadDatabaseSettings) Empty LocalHostName.
Nov  7 06:11:43 antec300 mythbackend: mythbackend[1573]: I CoreContext
mythcontext.cpp:607 (LoadDatabaseSettings) Using localhost value of antec300
Nov  7 06:11:43 antec300 mythbackend: mythbackend[1573]: I CoreContext
mythcontext.cpp:852 (TestDBconnection) Start up testing connections. DB
localhost, BE , attempt 0, status dbAwake
Nov  7 06:11:43 antec300 mythbackend: mythbackend[1573]: I LogForward
loggingserver.cpp:302 (SyslogLogger) Added syslogging
Nov  7 06:11:44 antec300 mythbackend: mythbackend[1573]: N CoreContext
mythcorecontext.cpp:1768 (InitLocale) Setting QT default locale to en_GB
Nov  7 06:11:44 antec300 mythbackend: mythbackend[1573]: I CoreContext
mythcorecontext.cpp:1801 (SaveLocaleDefaults) Current locale en_GB
Nov  7 06:11:44 antec300 mythbackend: mythbackend[1573]: N CoreContext
mythlocale.cpp:123 (LoadDefaultsFromXML) Reading locale defaults from
/usr/share/mythtv//locales/en_gb.xml
Nov  7 06:11:44 antec300 mythbackend: mythbackend[1573]: I CoreContext
mythtranslation.cpp:73 (load) Loading en_gb translation for module
mythfrontend
Nov  7 06:11:44 antec300 mythbackend: mythbackend[1573]: I CoreContext
schemawizard.cpp:120 (Compare) Current MythTV Schema Version (DBSchemaVer):
1348
Nov  7 06:11:44 antec300 mythbackend: mythbackend[1573]: I CoreContext
mythtranslation.cpp:73 (load) Loading en_gb translation for module
mythfrontend
Nov  7 06:11:44 antec300 mythbackend: mythbackend[1573]: E
MythSocketThread(-1) mythsocket.cpp:698 (ConnectToHostReal)
MythSocket(55a92e1135d0:-1): Failed to connect to (127.0.0.1:6543)
Connection refused
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config.xml is:

paul at antec300:~$ sudo cat /home/mythtv/.mythtv/config.xml
<Configuration>
  <Database>
    <PingHost>1</PingHost>
    <Host>localhost</Host>
    <UserName>mythtv</UserName>
    <Password>fNrQdxxx</Password>
    <DatabaseName>mythconverg</DatabaseName>
    <Port>3306</Port>
  </Database>
  <WakeOnLAN>
    <Enabled>0</Enabled>
    <SQLReconnectWaitTime>0</SQLReconnectWaitTime>
    <SQLConnectRetry>5</SQLConnectRetry>
    <Command>echo 'WOLsqlServerCommand not set'</Command>
  </WakeOnLAN>
</Configuration>

paul at antec300:~$

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Based on some other posts I checked mythconverg db:

paul at antec300:~$ mysql --host=localhost --user=mythtv --password=fNrQdxxx
mythconverg
Reading table information for completion of table and column names
You can turn off this feature to get a quicker startup with -A

Welcome to the MariaDB monitor.  Commands end with ; or \g.
Your MariaDB connection id is 41
Server version: 10.1.34-MariaDB-0ubuntu0.18.04.1 Ubuntu 18.04

Type 'help;' or '\h' for help. Type '\c' to clear the current input
statement.MariaDB [mythconverg]> select * from settings where value like
'%serverip%'
    -> ;
+------------------+--------------+-------------------+
| value            | data         | hostname          |
+------------------+--------------+-------------------+
| BackendServerIP  | 192.168.1.11 | antec300.home.org |
| MasterServerIP   | 127.0.0.1    | NULL              |
| BackendServerIP6 | ::1          | antec300.home.org |
+------------------+--------------+-------------------+
3 rows in set (0.00 sec)

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Also:

paul at antec300:~$ hostnamectl
   Static hostname: antec300
         Icon name: computer-desktop
           Chassis: desktop
        Machine ID: 0be4b885ddb347e5bc70559303dca99f
           Boot ID: d2ae9489464b4c1b9c861aa1dd1482be
  Operating System: Linux Mint 19
            Kernel: Linux 4.15.0-20-generic
      Architecture: x86-64

paul at antec300:~$ sudo cat /etc/hosts
127.0.0.1 localhost
127.0.1.1 antec300.home.org

# The following lines are desirable for IPv6 capable hosts
::1 ip6-localhost ip6-loopback
fe00::0 ip6-localnet
ff00::0 ip6-mcastprefix
ff02::1 ip6-allnodes
ff02::2 ip6-allrouters

paul at antec300:~$ wget localhost:6543
--2018-11-07 06:20:15--  http://localhost:6543/
Resolving localhost (localhost)... 127.0.0.1
Connecting to localhost (localhost)|127.0.0.1|:6543... failed: Connection
refused.
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So what am I doing wrong?

regards, paul
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