[mythtv-users] Second Backend disabling primary backend tuners

[Mike Perkins]

Jon wrote:
> 
> Another issue that I have noticed when I set up my slave backend was 
> that mythtv-setup does NOT like it when you try and add cards to your 
> slave while the master is running. IE, even though the slave backend is 
> not running, when you run mythtv-setup on the slave, and add the capture 
> card and tuner, the master backend often ignores the changes. If the 
> master is not running when you run setup (on the slave) it seems to take 
> everything without complaint.
> 
> I don't know if this is a known issue, or just a bug in my system.
> 
That one I have encountered, and it's fairly simple. I would guess (haven't 
checked the code) that the master backend only reads the configuration stuff out 
of the database at startup. So, all you have to do after running mythtv-setup on 
the slave, is restart the master backend - and make sure to do that before you 
start the slave backend, since the slave will want to talk to a master that 
knows about the slave.

Mike Perkins