I get this if the mythbackend dies or can't be contacted. If you try to 'Watch TV' it says something like "Cannot locate mythbackend on localhost"
Ant. On 6/23/05, Jeroen Doumen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I get this whenever mythfrontend doesn't have permissions to rad the files - > check whether mythfrontend is suid root, or whether the user you're running > as has sufficient priviliges. > > Jeroen > > > > > > > > A very strange thing just happened to my MythTV setup. All of a sudden, > > > when attempting to view the listing of recorded shows, mythfrontend > > > reports > > > "Sorry, there are no recordings." It worked fine a few days ago when I > > > watched a new recording. Then I went away for the weekend and when I > came > > > back, this happened. > > > > > > My setup: > > > Myth .18.1 from apt-get repositories > > > Fedora Core 3 > > > Installed using Jarod's guide > > > > > > Here is what I've tried: > > > > > > - I can use MythWeb to list them, and even delete them. > > > - Nuvexport sees them and allows me to convert them. > > > - The files exist in the /var/mythtv folder. > > > - An experience Linux friend of mine used Ethereal to sniff the traffic > > > between the frontend and the backend, but it looks like they are > talking. > > > - There are no error messages in the console window even when running if > > > very verbose mode. > > > - Backend log reports nothing. > > > - I've restarted both frontend and backend and then rebooted and still > no > > > luck. > > > - Deleted all shows from the "recorded" table except one show that I've > > > had in there for about 1 year and it still says the same thing. > > > > > > Has this happened to anyone else? Any suggestions for troubleshooting > > > this one? I am desperate here! > > > > > > Thanks, > > > Tommy > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > mythtv-users mailing list > > > mythtv-users@mythtv.org > > > http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > mythtv-users mailing list > > mythtv-users@mythtv.org > > http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > mythtv-users mailing list > mythtv-users@mythtv.org > http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users > > > _______________________________________________ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users