[mythtv-users] mythtv (frontend) complains that backend not running

[wayne roberts]

thanks harry, i got it working, however can i ask you a question regarding
myth transcode?

On Tue, Apr 8, 2008 at 11:56 AM, Harry Devine <lifter89 at comcast.net> wrote:

> wayne roberts wrote:
> > hi all,
> >
> > can i have some pointer's to get this problem sorted installed mythtv
> > this morning, run mythtv-setup
> > completed setup, and try'd to run mythtv frontend only to be told that
> > the backend is not running can somebody please help my system is
> > opensuse 10.3 if that helps
> >
> > thanks in advance
> > wayne
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> I've never used OpenSuse but in Fedora, it has mythbackend as a
> service.  I believe mythbackend gets set to start automatically at
> startup, but its usually not running when you run mythtv-setup,
> especially since it sounds like its your first run of it.  For me, I run
> "service mythbackend start" as root before running mythfrontend.  Also,
> if this is the only box that is running Myth, the 127.0.0.1 (localhost)
> should be fine as the server IP in mythtv-setup.  If you are going to
> have other PCs on your network accessing it for any reason, make sure
> the backend IP is set correctly.
>
> Hope this helps!
> Harry
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