[mythtv-users] Cant connect to master backend

[Robert Johnston]

On 19/02/2011 8:50 PM, Malte Gell wrote:
> Hello,
>
> when I run the mythbackend I get the output you can see below and then it
> quits. I can only run it with the -d switch as a daemon. But, even when
> running as a daemon, mythfrontend cannot connect to the master backend. Both
> run on 127.0.0.1. My Terratec Cinergy is configured in mythtvsetup as analog
> V4L device.
>
> Thanx for any advise
> Malte
>
>
>
> 2011-02-20 03:47:54.444 mythbackend version: exported [Unknown] www.mythtv.org
> 2011-02-20 03:47:54.444 Using runtime prefix = /usr
> 2011-02-20 03:47:54.444 Using configuration directory = /root/.mythtv
> 2011-02-20 03:47:54.444 Unable to read configuration file mysql.txt
> 2011-02-20 03:47:54.444 Empty LocalHostName.
> 2011-02-20 03:47:54.444 Using localhost value of malteskiste
> 2011-02-20 03:47:54.464 New DB connection, total: 1
> 2011-02-20 03:47:54.467 Connected to database 'mythconverg' at host: localhost
> 2011-02-20 03:47:54.472 Closing DB connection named 'DBManager0'
> 2011-02-20 03:47:54.472 Connected to database 'mythconverg' at host: localhost
> 2011-02-20 03:47:54.473 Current locale de_DE
> 2011-02-20 03:47:54.473 Reading locale defaults from
> /usr/share/mythtv//locales/de_de.xml
> 2011-02-20 03:47:54.480 Current MythTV Schema Version (DBSchemaVer): 1264
> 2011-02-20 03:47:54.482 ThreadPool:HTTP: Initial 1, Max 25, Timeout 60000
> 2011-02-20 03:47:54.486 MediaServer:: Loopback address specified - 127.0.0.1.
> Disabling UPnP
> 2011-02-20 03:47:54.486 MythBackend: Starting up as the master server.
> 2011-02-20 03:47:54.488 New DB connection, total: 2
> 2011-02-20 03:47:54.488 Connected to database 'mythconverg' at host: localhost
> 2011-02-20 03:47:54.490 TVRec(1) Error: Problem finding starting channel,
> setting to default of '3'.
> 2011-02-20 03:47:55.322 ChannelBase(1) Error: InitializeInputs():
>                          Could not get inputs for the capturecard.
>                          Perhaps you have forgotten to bind video
>                          sources to your card's inputs?
> 2011-02-20 03:47:55.322 MythBackend, Warning: No valid capture cards are
> defined in the database.
> 2011-02-20 03:47:55.323 New DB scheduler connection
> 2011-02-20 03:47:55.323 Connected to database 'mythconverg' at host: localhost
> 2011-02-20 03:47:55.324 Scheduler, Error: No channel sources defined in the
> database

Well, it seems that there is something wrong with your setup. I'd 
suggest looking at your capturecard setup. For instance, the Terratec 
Cinergy is NOT an analog V4L device, it's a DVB device.

Once you have that sorted out, you then need to configure a channel 
source, a schedules grabber (Even if you only define it as EIT), and 
connect the two together.