Yesterday I upgraded mythtv to media-tv/mythtv-0.21_p17722 from media-tv/mythtv-0.20.2_p15634. Now I can't watch LiveTV Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. Start mythbackend 2. Start mythfrontend 3. Select 'Watch TV' Actual Results: Screen goes black for a few seconds, and then returns to the main menu Expected Results: I should see LiveTV on my screen michael@camille ~ $ sudo emerge --info Password: Portage 2.1.4.4 (default-linux/x86/2007.0/desktop, gcc-4.1.2, glibc-2.5-r4, 2.6.25-gentoo-r6 i686) ================================================================= System uname: 2.6.25-gentoo-r6 i686 unknown Timestamp of tree: Sat, 20 Sep 2008 03:34:01 +0000 app-shells/bash: 3.2_p33 dev-java/java-config: 1.3.7, 2.1.6-r1 dev-lang/python: 2.5.2-r7 dev-python/pycrypto: 2.0.1-r6 sys-apps/baselayout: 1.12.11.1 sys-apps/sandbox: 1.2.18.1-r2 sys-devel/autoconf: 2.13, 2.61-r2 sys-devel/automake: 1.4_p6, 1.5, 1.6.3, 1.7.9-r1, 1.8.5-r3, 1.9.6-r2, 1.10.1 sys-devel/binutils: 2.18-r1 sys-devel/gcc-config: 1.4.0-r4 sys-devel/libtool: 1.5.26 virtual/os-headers: 2.6.23-r3 ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="x86" CBUILD="i686-pc-linux-gnu" CFLAGS="-O2 -march=i686 -fomit-frame-pointer" CHOST="i686-pc-linux-gnu" CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /usr/kde/3.5/env /usr/kde/3.5/share/config /usr/kde/3.5/shutdown /usr/share/config /var/bind /var/lib/hsqldb" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/ca-certificates.conf /etc/env.d /etc/env.d/java/ /etc/fonts/fonts.conf /etc/gconf /etc/php/apache2-php5/ext-active/ /etc/php/cgi-php5/ext-active/ /etc/php/cli-php5/ext-active/ /etc/revdep-rebuild /etc/terminfo /etc/texmf/web2c /etc/udev/rules.d" CXXFLAGS="-O2 -march=i686 -fomit-frame-pointer" DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles" FEATURES="distlocks metadata-transfer sandbox sfperms strict unmerge-orphans userfetch" GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://mirror.datapipe.net/gentoo" LANG="C" LINGUAS="en fr es" MAKEOPTS="-j2" PKGDIR="/usr/portage-packages/camille" PORTAGE_RSYNC_EXTRA_OPTS="--human-readable" PORTAGE_RSYNC_OPTS="--recursive --links --safe-links --perms --times --compress --force --whole-file --delete --stats --timeout=180 --exclude=/distfiles --exclude=/local --exclude=/packages" PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp" PORTDIR="/usr/portage" PORTDIR_OVERLAY="/usr/local/portage" SYNC="rsync://rsync.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage" USE="X a52 acl acpi additions alsa apache2 apm arts asterisk audiofile avi bash-completion berkdb bind-mysql bitmap-fonts browserplugin bzip2 cairo candy cdr cgi cli cracklib crypt ctype cups dba dbus debug divx4linux doc dri dvb dvd dvdr dvdread eds emboss encode esd evo examples expat f77 fam ffmpeg flash foomaticdb fortran ftp gdbm gentoo gif glut gnome gphoto2 gpm gstreamer gtk gtk2 guile hal iconv imap imlib ipv6 isdnlog ithreads ivtv jack jack-tempfs java jikes joystick jpeg kde kerberos ldap lib libclamav libg++ libwww lirc mad midi mikmod mmx mmx2 mmxext mode-owner motif mp3 mpeg mplayer mpm-leader mudflap mysql mythtv nas nautilus ncurses new-login nls nntp nptl nptlonly nsplugin offensive ogg oggvorbis opengl openmp oss pam pcre pdf perl php png portaudio ppds pppd python qt qt3 qt3support qt4 quicktime readline real reflection ruby samba sasl sdl seamonkey session slp snmp spell spl sql ssl svg svga syslog tcl tcltk tcpd threads tidy tiff truetype unicode usb userlocales v4l v4l2 vanilla vorbis win32codecs x86 xml xml2 xorg xv zaptel zlib" ALSA_CARDS="hda-intel" ALSA_PCM_PLUGINS="adpcm alaw asym copy dmix dshare dsnoop empty extplug file hooks iec958 ioplug ladspa lfloat linear meter mmap_emul mulaw multi null plug rate route share shm softvol" APACHE2_MODULES="actions alias auth_basic auth_digest authn_anon authn_dbd authn_dbm authn_default authn_file authz_dbm authz_default authz_groupfile authz_host authz_owner authz_user autoindex cache dav dav_fs dav_lock dbd deflate dir disk_cache env expires ext_filter file_cache filter headers ident imagemap include info log_config logio mem_cache mime mime_magic negotiation proxy proxy_ajp proxy_balancer proxy_connect proxy_http rewrite setenvif so speling status unique_id userdir usertrack vhost_alias" ELIBC="glibc" INPUT_DEVICES="keyboard mouse evdev" KERNEL="linux" LCD_DEVICES="bayrad cfontz cfontz633 glk hd44780 lb216 lcdm001 mtxorb ncurses text" LINGUAS="en fr es" USERLAND="GNU" VIDEO_CARDS="apm ark chips cirrus cyrix dummy fbdev glint i128 i740 i810 imstt mach64 mga neomagic nsc nv r128 radeon rendition s3 s3virge savage siliconmotion sis sisusb tdfx tga trident tseng v4l vesa vga via vmware voodoo" Unset: CPPFLAGS, CTARGET, EMERGE_DEFAULT_OPTS, FFLAGS, INSTALL_MASK, LC_ALL, LDFLAGS, PORTAGE_COMPRESS, PORTAGE_COMPRESS_FLAGS camille ~ # emerge -pv mythtv These are the packages that would be merged, in order: Calculating dependencies... done! [ebuild R ] media-tv/mythtv-0.21_p17722 USE="alsa debug dvb dvd jack lirc mmx opengl perl python -aac (-altivec) -autostart -directv -fftw -ieee1394 -lcd -x264 -xvid -xvmc" VIDEO_CARDS="-nvidia" 0 kB Total: 1 package (1 reinstall), Size of downloads: 0 kB Console output from mythbackend: camille ~ # mythbackend 2008-09-22 06:40:54.566 Using runtime prefix = /usr 2008-09-22 06:40:54.619 Empty LocalHostName. 2008-09-22 06:40:54.637 Using localhost value of camille 2008-09-22 06:40:54.741 New DB connection, total: 1 2008-09-22 06:40:54.849 Connected to database 'mythconverg' at host: localhost 2008-09-22 06:40:54.851 Closing DB connection named 'DBManager0' 2008-09-22 06:40:54.852 Connected to database 'mythconverg' at host: localhost 2008-09-22 06:40:54.883 New DB connection, total: 2 2008-09-22 06:40:54.885 Connected to database 'mythconverg' at host: localhost 2008-09-22 06:40:54.894 Current Schema Version: 1214 Running as a slave backend. 2008-09-22 06:40:55.005 mythbackend: MythBackend started as a slave backend 2008-09-22 06:40:55.083 New DB connection, total: 3 2008-09-22 06:40:55.086 Connected to database 'mythconverg' at host: localhost 2008-09-22 06:40:55.847 Main::Registering HttpStatus Extension 2008-09-22 06:40:55.847 mythbackend version: 0.21.20080304-1 www.mythtv.org 2008-09-22 06:40:55.847 Enabled verbose msgs: important general 2008-09-22 06:40:56.878 Connecting to master server: 192.168.1.3:6543 2008-09-22 06:40:56.879 Connected successfully 2008-09-22 06:41:05.021 mythbackend: Running housekeeping thread 2008-09-22 06:41:26.897 MythSocket(8254b48:12): readStringList: Error, timeout. 2008-09-22 06:41:27.022 adding: camille as a slave backend server 2008-09-22 06:41:27.023 Unknown socket closing 2008-09-22 06:41:27.027 MythSocket(8252e50:-1): writeStringList: Error, socket went unconnected. 2008-09-22 06:41:27.027 MythSocket(8255650:-1): writeStringList: Error, socket went unconnected. 2008-09-22 06:41:30.568 Unknown socket closing 2008-09-22 06:41:30.577 MythSocket(8256fa0:-1): writeStringList: Error, socket went unconnected. 2008-09-22 06:41:30.671 MainServer::HandleAnnounce Monitor 2008-09-22 06:41:30.671 adding: camille as a client (events: 0) 2008-09-22 06:41:30.673 MainServer::HandleAnnounce Monitor 2008-09-22 06:41:30.673 adding: camille as a client (events: 1) Console output from mythfrontend: michael@camille ~ $ mythfrontend 2008-09-22 06:41:03.295 Using runtime prefix = /usr 2008-09-22 06:41:04.143 XScreenSaver support enabled 2008-09-22 06:41:04.144 DPMS is active. 2008-09-22 06:41:04.153 Empty LocalHostName. 2008-09-22 06:41:04.154 Using localhost value of camille 2008-09-22 06:41:04.258 New DB connection, total: 1 2008-09-22 06:41:04.263 Connected to database 'mythconverg' at host: localhost 2008-09-22 06:41:04.269 Closing DB connection named 'DBManager0' 2008-09-22 06:41:04.271 Primary screen 0. 2008-09-22 06:41:04.272 Connected to database 'mythconverg' at host: localhost 2008-09-22 06:41:04.274 Using screen 0, 1024x768 at 0,0 2008-09-22 06:41:04.396 New DB connection, total: 2 2008-09-22 06:41:04.397 Connected to database 'mythconverg' at host: localhost 2008-09-22 06:41:04.401 mythfrontend version: 0.21.20080304-1 www.mythtv.org 2008-09-22 06:41:04.401 Enabled verbose msgs: important general 2008-09-22 06:41:07.195 No theme dir: /home/michael/.mythtv/themes/G.A.N.T 2008-09-22 06:41:07.211 Primary screen 0. 2008-09-22 06:41:07.212 Using screen 0, 1024x768 at 0,0 2008-09-22 06:41:07.213 No theme dir: /home/michael/.mythtv/themes/G.A.N.T 2008-09-22 06:41:07.215 Switching to square mode (G.A.N.T) 2008-09-22 06:41:07.600 Using the Qt painter mythtv: could not connect to socket mythtv: No such file or directory 2008-09-22 06:41:07.601 lirc_init failed for mythtv, see preceding messages 2008-09-22 06:41:07.601 JoystickMenuClient Error: Joystick disabled - Failed to read /home/michael/.mythtv/joystickmenurc 2008-09-22 06:41:09.456 Loading from: /usr/share/mythtv/themes/G.A.N.T/base.xml 2008-09-22 06:41:09.629 Loading from: /usr/share/mythtv/themes/default/base.xml 2008-09-22 06:41:09.925 Registering Internal as a media playback plugin. 2008-09-22 06:41:10.125 No theme dir: /home/michael/.mythtv/themes/G.A.N.T 2008-09-22 06:41:14.563 Connecting to backend server: 192.168.1.3:6543 (try 1 of 5) 2008-09-22 06:41:21.567 MythSocket(8309c98:20): readStringList: Error, timeout (quick). 2008-09-22 06:41:21.567 Unexpected response to MYTH_PROTO_VERSION: 2008-09-22 06:41:21.568 Connecting to backend server: 192.168.1.3:6543 (try 1 of 5) 2008-09-22 06:41:28.577 MythSocket(8358b00:20): readStringList: Error, timeout (quick). 2008-09-22 06:41:28.578 Unexpected response to MYTH_PROTO_VERSION: 2008-09-22 06:41:30.669 Connecting to backend server: 192.168.1.3:6543 (try 1 of 5) 2008-09-22 06:41:30.670 Using protocol version 40 2008-09-22 06:41:32.191 Deleting UPnP client...
I didn't realize that my machine's IP address had to be set in two places in mythtv-setup. My IP address changed yesterday and I had only set the new IP address in one place in mythtv-setup.
