[mythtv] frontend/backend connection

[Chris McCuller]

negative. still set to 6543. I've gone so far as to turn the firewall on 
and then open up 6543, still with no success.

Thanks!
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Steven Adeff wrote:
> On 9/21/06, Chris McCuller <cpmccull at valdosta.edu> wrote:
>> hi all,
>>
>> I've put this out on the users list, but not gotten much of a response.
>> I'm hopeful maybe a solution can be found on this list.
>>
>> I'm having issues with my frontend connecting to my backend on the same
>> system. The backend will be up and running, with the database populated
>> (i've double checked this manually in the mythconverg->settings table),
>> and when I start the frontend and go to watch LiveTV, I get an error
>> message saying it can't connect to the backend. This happens with
>> 127.0.0.1 and with my local IP.
>>
>> I'm running Myth 0.20(20060828-3, installed via YUM from ATrpms) and
>> Fedora Core 5 (2.6.17-1.2187_FC5). No firewall is running on the box.
>>
>> here's the relevant debug output (mythfrontend -v socket) from the
>> frontend as I try to Watch Live TV and get the error message that it
>> can't connect to the backend (running on the same box).
>>
>> 2006-09-20 17:17:51.287 NetworkControl: Listening for remote connections
>> on port 6546
>> 2006-09-20 17:17:57.249 New DB connection, total: 2
>> 2006-09-20 17:17:57.256 Connected to database 'mythconverg' at host:
>> localhost
>> 2006-09-20 17:17:57.271 MythSocket(c2a120:20): new socket
>> 2006-09-20 17:17:57.278 Connecting to backend server: 127.0.0.1:6543
>> (try 1 of 5)
>> 2006-09-20 17:17:57.278 MythSocket(c423e0:21): new socket
>> 2006-09-20 17:17:57.278 MythSocket(c423e0:21): attempting connect() to
>> (127.0.0.1:6543)
>> 2006-09-20 17:17:57.278 MythSocket(c423e0:21): connect() failed
>> (ConnectionRefused)
>> 2006-09-20 17:17:57.278 MythSocket(c423e0:21): DownRef: -1
>> 2006-09-20 17:17:57.278 MythSocket(c423e0:-1): delete socket
>> 2006-09-20 17:17:57.278 Connection timed out.
>>                         You probably should modify the Master Server
>>                         settings in the setup program and set the
>>                         proper IP address.
>> 2006-09-20 17:17:57.706 MythSocket(c2a120:20): UpRef: 1
>> 2006-09-20 17:17:57.707 MythSocket: readyread thread start
>> 2006-09-20 17:17:57.713 TV: Attempting to change from None to None
>>
> 
> did you change the port your backend is listening to?
>