I figured it out. Its actually a backend configuration item in the database. The frontend is connecting to the database at first, but in the settings table it had 127.0.0.1 defined for BackendServerIP and MasterServerIP.
Strange that they got entered in there like that. I always use the host name in mythtv-setup and it certainly resolves to 192.168.1.5. I changed them appropriately and now it works: +-----------------+-------------+-----------+ | value | data | hostname | +-----------------+-------------+-----------+ | BackendServerIP | 192.168.1.5 | galvatron | | MasterServerIP | 192.168.1.5 | NULL | +-----------------+-------------+-----------+ Its also strange that the 0.26 frontend didn't use these settings, it seemed to rely on what was specified in config.xml. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Mythbuntu Bug Team, which is subscribed to mythtv in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1261609 Title: mythtv-frontend only looks for backend at 127.0.0.1 Status in “mythtv” package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: On a clean install of the mythtv-frontend 0.27 package with 9/16 updates, the frontend will not connect to a remote backend server. It only looks to 127.0.0.1 for the backend, no matter what is specified in the configuration: 2013-12-16 21:42:15.911741 I MythCoreContext: Connecting to backend server: 127.0.0.1:6543 (try 1 of 1) 2013-12-16 21:42:15.912260 E MythSocket(ffffffffb5a29508:-1): Failed to connect to (127.0.0.1:6543) Connection refused 2013-12-16 21:42:15.914394 E Connection to master server timed out. Either the server is down or the master server settings in mythtv-settings does not contain the proper IP address 2013-12-16 21:42:15.914444 I MythCoreContext: Connecting to backend server: 127.0.0.1:6543 (try 1 of 1) 2013-12-16 21:42:15.914971 E MythSocket(a0f8828:-1): Failed to connect to (127.0.0.1:6543) Connection refused 2013-12-16 21:42:15.924225 E Connection to master server timed out. Either the server is down or the master server settings in mythtv-settings does not contain the proper IP address My backend runs on a different host. DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu DISTRIB_RELEASE=12.04 DISTRIB_CODENAME=precise DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Ubuntu 12.04.2 LTS" version 2:0.27.0+fixes.20131216.39171be-0ubuntu0mythbuntu2 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/mythtv/+bug/1261609/+subscriptions _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~mythbuntu-bugs Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~mythbuntu-bugs More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
