[mythtv-users] Bug in MythFE (MythCoreContext) re server connection address ?

[linux guy]

Comment below.

On Fri, Oct 7, 2011 at 10:16 PM, Robert McNamara
<robert.mcnamara at gmail.com>wrote:

> On Fri, Oct 7, 2011 at 9:01 PM, linux guy <linuxguy123 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > <snip>2011-10-07 21:46:34.180 New DB connection, total: 2
> > 2011-10-07 21:46:34.182 Connected to database 'mythconverg' at host:
> server
>
>
> > 2011-10-07 21:46:36.120 Found mainmenu.xml for theme 'MythCenter-wide'
> > 2011-10-07 21:46:36.151 MythCoreContext: Connecting to backend server:
> > 127.0.0.1:6543 (try 1 of 1)  <----------------- WHAT ?  Why isn't this
> > server ?
>
> Mythtv frontends connect to the database, and from there get the IP
> address for the master backend.  Your frontend diligently connected to
> the DB you told it to, and pulled out the IP you configured on your
> backend for the Myth backend server... which is currently set to
> 127.0.0.1.
>
> Go back into mythtv-setup on your backend and set the IP addresses to
> something externally accessible (NOT HOSTNAMES, and not 127.0.0.1 as
> you currently configured) in step one.
>
> So, not a bug.  A misconfiguration.
>

Excellent reply.  And timely.  Thanks.
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