[mythtv-users] Troubles with Irtrans VFD

[Paul Harrison]

tim dennis wrote:
> Spent the afternoon compiling and testing previous versions of LCDproc 
> with myth 0.21, in order to rule out LCDproc as the cause of this problem.
>
> Went all the way back to LCDproc 0.4.3 and no dice, the problem 
> manifests itself in the same way for all versions. Before upgrading to 
> myth 0.21 I used 0.4.3 and later 0.5.0, both worked flawless, After 
> upgrading to 0.21, no matter which version of LCDproc the problem 
> manifests itself.
>
> Given that the problem is solved when killing mythlcdserver and 
> restarting it manually, I suspect mythfrontend is the culprit. Wonder 
> when and how mythlcdserver is called when mythfrontend is run. Perhaps 
> the mythlcdserver is started too early and is hammered in such a way 
> that it does not obtain a proper socket. A delay in starting 
> mythlcdserver might do the trick (?)
>
> Will start looking through the code, although I don't know much about 
> it. Any pointers as to where I should be looking are welcome :)
>
> Tim
>

What does the frontend log say when when it's trying to connect to 
mythlcdserver?

Do you see messages like this:-
Connecting to lcd server: localhost:6545 (try 1 of 10)
Connecting to lcd server: localhost:6545 (try 2 of 10)

Does it connect before it gets to try 10 of 10?

Paul H.