[mythtv-users] Mythfrontend problem...

[Questiony McAskerton From Queryville]

On Sun, 5 Apr 2009, Michael T. Dean wrote:

> On 04/05/2009 03:14 PM, Questiony McAskerton From Queryville wrote:
>> Just for kicks I tried using the IP address of mythserver in ``General 
>> Settings'' in mythtv-setup on mythserver and, to my pleasent surprise, it 
>> works!
>
> You mean in the setting where the text states:
>
> IP address
> Enter the IP address of this machine.  Use an externally accessible address 
> (ie, not 127.0.0.1) if you are going to be running a frontend on a different 
> machine than this one.
>
> and/or (talking about the master backend):
>
> IP address
> The IP address of the master backend server. All frontend and non-master 
> backend machines will connect to this server.  If you only have one backend, 
> this should be the same IP address as above.
>
>
> i.e. where the word "hostname" is never used (because hostname resolution 
> isn't supported).
>

Fair enough, though it's not a crazy leap to assume a resolvable hostname 
may be used in place of an IP address; it's a wrong assumption in this 
case, as it turns out, but not an unreasonable one. ;)

Hopefully this discussion will help others who have made the same mistake.

Dave