On 1/28/06, Chad <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 1/28/06, Amankhan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hello all, > > > > After successfully running MythTV on Fedora for almost a year now (thanks to > > Jarod's guide!), I recently decided to setup a second PC for running a > > remote frontend in my bedroom. > > > > Setup went fine & everything is working great on my new machine, but I have > > encountered a very strange problem when setting up the communications > > between the remote frontend & the backend machine. > > > > When I change the Host IP address & Master Server IP address in mythtvsetup > > (as per Jarod's guide on this page: > > http://wilsonet.com/mythtv/tips.php ), 2 things happen: > > > > 1. In the frontends on both my main machine & the remote machine, I can no > > longer watch Live TV. The message I receive is the same one for when all > > capture cards are currently recording. I have both a PVR150 and PVR250 in > > my machine, and at the time of this message neither card is recording. Both > > cards work fine when used to capture video via a command line prompt. In > > essence, the cards are not doing anything even though Myth says they are. > > > > 2. In those same machines, I can no longer schedule any recordings nor do I > > show any recordings as being previously scheduled. I can attempt to > > schedule a program to record, but it doesn't appear to "save" my request. > > The backend shows no errors from these attempts. > > > > As soon as I change the Host IP & Master Server IP back to the loopback > > address, everything is fine again. I can watch Live TV, my scheduled > > recordings have returned & I can queue shows to record. > > > > It has completely baffled me, and I have no idea what the problem might be. > > Any help would be appreciated, and if anyone needs more information just let > > me know. Thank you! > > > > > > The backend shows no errors for any of this, and > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > I don't think you necessarily have to change the host IP, so for > testing, leave it at loopback. > > Make sure you have the correct internal IP for the backend: > /sbin/ifconfig > > should give that to you. Then, on the frontend, plug that value in > under 'Master'. So host should be 127.0.0.1 and Master should be > something like 192.168.0.10 > > Restart your frontend, and see what happens. > > Are you running a backend process on the frontend? If so, you don't > need to be.. > > Chad >
A quick last thought: Are the backend and the frontend running the exact same version (0.18.1, 0.18, SVN revision)? They need to be. Chad _______________________________________________ mythtv-users mailing list [email protected] http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
