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Huckle
Asked: 2012-04-29 18:39:35 +0800 CST

Mythmote wont connect to mythbuntu 12.04, seems frontend is not listening on all interfaces

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I just installed a fresh copy of Mythbuntu 12.04. I installed it as a combined frontend and backend. I ran through the configurations, accepting all defaults except for two items:

  • I set the hostname to the server's IP
  • I checked the checkbox to enable network remote controls

I then rebooted. When I try to connect via mythmote, I get "connection refused" and "connection timed out" errors. What I have done to diagnose the issue:

  • Reboot
  • Re-run configuration without changing any settings
  • Disable IPv6 (ala /proc/sys/net/ipv6/conf/all/disable_ipv6)
  • Disable ufw
  • Run Wireshark, which reports that a TCP SYN arrives at the server, and the server sends a TCP RST in response. Prior to disabling ufw the server would not even send the TCP RST

The settings I have for mythmote are:

  • Name: Gamma (this is my third server)
  • Address: 10.0.0.14
  • Port 6546
  • MAC: (Not filled in, I don't need WOL)

If I switch to a TTY on the server, I can telnet 127.0.0.1 6546 and get to the network remote control interface. If I try the same via telnet 10.0.0.14 6546 I get a connection refused.

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5 Answers

  1. Best Answer

    I just now found out (thanks to your sleuthing) that a temporary solution is to port forward with ConnectBot.

    Port Forwarding is a bit tricky, there's a menu entry, "Port Forwards", that shows up once you're connected. You should also be able to get to it by "long pressing" a host before you connect.

    This Port Forward screen is empty. To add entries to it, press the menu button and click "Add port forward"

    Once you have port forwarding setup, you'll need to modify the mythmote to connect to '127.0.0.1' now that you're actually connecting to the port on your android (that is a "tunnel" to the external host).

    Edit: since this post has gained some traction, let me consolidate:

    1) a simplier solution is to run sudo mythtv-setup as the user that runs mythtv. Then configure the backend address to be the external one.

    Also note the following bugs:

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  2. Can't say I have the same problem, however it seems similar: On atom box running latest 12.04.1 ubuntu kernel.

    When boot up I exit frontend. and then go to control-centre. Open it and select Infrared control and remotes; I select Android and then apply - it says nothing to do (this is OK).

    I then leave control-centre in this state (it seems there is a bug as the code to wroite out the selection does not work).

    Goto menu and select front-end and wait for start. Select watch and away you go. Mythmote now connects!!!

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  3. The other answer talked about port forwarding, but if that is tedious (it is for me), then you can actually fix the issue by reconfiguring mythtv.

    Close the mythtv interface, and open a terminal.

    Run sudo mythtv-setup as the user that normally runs the frontend.

    Enter General Configurations, and change the IP address to match the external, network IP address. In my case I set the ipv4 address, and left ipv6 blank.

    Since I have droidwall installed, I also had to make sure that mythmote was unblocked.

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  4. Try setting the parameter NetworkControlEnabled to 1 for your FE node in mythweb and then restart mythfrontend. I just installed a fresh copy of mythbuntu 12.04 and this was set to 0 by default.

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  5. Edit the /etc/mythtv/config.xml file...

    After the entry "<"Frontend">" add (lose the quotes, I had to add them to have the brackets)

    "<"LocalHostName">"enter your local ip here"<"/LocalHostName">"

    I also added these commands as root:

    iptables -I INPUT -p tcp --dport 6546 -i [+] -j ACCEPT
    iptables -I INPUT -p tcp --dport 6546 -i use your ip here -j ACCEPT

    Then go to your frontend, and if you have the check mark for remote connections, uncheck, exit the frontend, restart the frontend, go back in, recheck the box, then exit the frontend, and restart, it should work.

    The answer was on the MythTV website, they are using the config.xml file, which does not list a hostname on a frontend install, so you need to go in and ADD it otherwise the box only listens on the loopback address. I have done this on 2 frontends so far, and worked both times, I have one more to attend to, but it uses a USB IR receiver, so I actually only need it to play blu-ray discs because the Vista remote won't hit the play button. Best of luck!!

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