<br>I think the following output illustrates a bug, or at least something I don't understand.<br><br>The server ip is 192.168.1.13 (server)<br>The host ip is 192.168.1.122 (dragon)<br>Both of these addresses are assigned statically.<br>
Both machines are running Fedora 15.<br>(more details at the bottom of this post)<br><br><br>/etc/mythtv/mysql.txt<br>=================================================<br>DBHostName=192.168.1.13 # or server<br><br># By default, Myth tries to ping the DB host to see if it exists.<br>
# If your DB host or network doesn't accept pings, set this to no:<br>#<br>#DBHostPing=no<br><br>DBUserName=mythtv<br>DBPassword=mythtv<br>DBName=mythconverg<br>DBType=QMYSQL3<br><snip><br>================================================<br>
<br><br>/etc/hosts<br>===============================================<br>127.0.0.1 dragon.localdomain dragon<br>::1 dragon6.localdomain6 dragon6<br>192.168.1.13 server.localdomain server<br>
===============================================<br><br>When I run mythfrontend -> Setup -> General, I have tried setting Hostname to both 'server' and to 192.168.1.13.<br><br>I've also set DBHostName to 192.168.1.3 and to server in /etc/mythtv/mysql.txt.<br>
<br><br># mythfrontend<br>2011-10-07 21:46:31.744 mythfrontend version: [0.24.1-2.fc15 (3657f313ac)] <a href="http://www.mythtv.org">www.mythtv.org</a><br>2011-10-07 21:46:31.744 Using runtime prefix = /usr<br>2011-10-07 21:46:31.744 Using configuration directory = /root/.mythtv<br>
2011-10-07 21:46:31.745 ThreadPool:HTTP: Initial 1, Max 25, Timeout 60000<br>2011-10-07 21:46:32.468 Empty LocalHostName. <---------------------- WHERE IS IT GETTING THIS FROM ?<br>2011-10-07 21:46:32.468 Using localhost value of dragon.localdomain <-------------- THIS IS CORRECT.<br>
2011-10-07 21:46:32.582 New DB connection, total: 1<br>2011-10-07 21:46:32.592 Connected to database 'mythconverg' at host: server<br>2011-10-07 21:46:32.597 Closing DB connection named 'DBManager0'<br>2011-10-07 21:46:32.600 Connected to database 'mythconverg' at host: server <--------------- EXCELLENT !<br>
2011-10-07 21:46:32.604 Current locale en_US<br>2011-10-07 21:46:32.605 Reading locale defaults from /usr/share/mythtv//locales/en_us.xml<br>2011-10-07 21:46:32.876 ScreenSaverX11Private: Gnome screen saver support enabled<br>
2011-10-07 21:46:32.879 DPMS is disabled.<br>2011-10-07 21:46:32.919 Desktop video mode: 1680x1050 59.994 Hz<br>2011-10-07 21:46:33.381 Enabled verbose msgs: important general<br>2011-10-07 21:46:33.389 Loading en_us translation for module mythfrontend<br>
2011-10-07 21:46:33.421 LIRC, Error: Failed to connect to Unix socket '/var/run/lirc/lircd'<br> eno: No such file or directory (2)<br>2011-10-07 21:46:33.421 JoystickMenuThread: Joystick disabled - Failed to read /root/.mythtv/joystickmenurc<br>
2011-10-07 21:46:33.537 Using Frameless Window<br>2011-10-07 21:46:33.538 Using Full Screen Window<br>2011-10-07 21:46:33.790 Using the Qt painter<br><br><snip>2011-10-07 21:46:34.180 New DB connection, total: 2<br>
2011-10-07 21:46:34.182 Connected to database 'mythconverg' at host: server <------------- EXCELLENT !<br>2011-10-07 21:46:34.184 Current MythTV Schema Version (DBSchemaVer): 1264<br>2011-10-07 21:46:34.848 Pulse: PulseAudio suspend OK<br>
2011-10-07 21:46:35.040 Pulse: PulseAudio resume OK<br>2011-10-07 21:46:35.467 Registering Internal as a media playback plugin.<br>2011-10-07 21:46:35.469 No libraries in plugins directory /usr/lib/mythtv/plugins<br>2011-10-07 21:46:35.488 MMUnix::AddDevice() Error: failed to stat /dev/bdi, <br>
eno: No such file or directory (2)<br>2011-10-07 21:46:35.492 MMUnix::AddDevice() Error: failed to stat /dev/power, <br> eno: No such file or directory (2)<br>2011-10-07 21:46:35.497 MMUnix::AddDevice() Error: failed to stat /dev/trace, <br>
eno: No such file or directory (2)<br><br><snip... doesn't like some fonts><br><br>2011-10-07 21:46:36.120 Found mainmenu.xml for theme 'MythCenter-wide'<br>2011-10-07 21:46:36.151 MythCoreContext: Connecting to backend server: <a href="http://127.0.0.1:6543">127.0.0.1:6543</a> (try 1 of 1) <----------------- WHAT ? Why isn't this server ?<br>
<br>2011-10-07 21:46:36.151 Connection to master server timed out.<br> Either the server is down or the master server settings<br> in mythtv-settings does not contain the proper IP address<br>
<br><snip... happens many more times.><br><br>2011-10-07 21:47:15.538 Pulse: Cleaning up PulseHandler<br>2011-10-07 21:47:15.539 Deleting UPnP client...<br>Error in my_thread_global_end(): 1 threads didn't exit<br>
<br><br>Additional Information<br><br># ps aux | grep myth<br>root 10401 0.0 1.1 204184 34092 pts/4 Sl 21:07 0:00 mythbackend<br>root 10497 0.0 0.0 4440 756 pts/4 S+ 21:55 0:00 grep --color=auto myth<br>
<br>[root@dragon etc]# uname -a<br>Linux dragon.localdomain 2.6.40.6-0.fc15.i686 #1 SMP Tue Oct 4 00:51:19 UTC 2011 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux<br><br>[root@server me]# uname -a<br>Linux server.localdomain 2.6.40.4-5.fc15.i686 #1 SMP Tue Aug 30 14:54:41 UTC 2011 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux<br>
<br>[root@dragon etc]# yum list mythtv-frontend<br>Installed Packages<br>mythtv-frontend.i686 0.24.1-2.fc15 <br><br>[root@server me]# yum list mythtv-backend<br>Installed Packages<br>mythtv-backend.i686 0.24.1-2.fc15 <br>
<br>Let me know what else you need to see.<br><br>How can I get my frontend to work properly ?<br><br><br><br>