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

[wayne roberts]

thanks anyway

On Tue, Apr 8, 2008 at 12:16 PM, Harry Devine <lifter89 at comcast.net> wrote:

> wayne roberts wrote:
> > 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
> > <mailto: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
> >     <http://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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> Glad to hear you got it working!  However, I'm fairly new to Myth
> myself, and mythtranscode is definitely not my strong-suite.  You may
> want to start a new topic on the list about it, or check the archives
> first.  Sorry about that one.
>
> Good luck!
> Harry
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