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Mythtv unable to connect to backened

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I have been using Mythtv for several years and it has worked great for me. I am using a linux Slackware 15.0+ distro presently and I am running MythTv
MythTV Version : v32.0-7077a824d2e
MythTV Branch : fixes/32
Network Protocol : 91
Library API : 32.20200101-1
Tonight I did the Slackware updates and after restarting when I ran the command to start the mythTV backend I got the message

$ No setting found for this machine's BackendServerAddr.
Please run mythtv-setup on this machine.
Go to page "1. General" / "Host Address Backend Setup" and examine the values.
N.B. The default values are correct for a combined frontend/backend machine.
Press Escape, select "Save and Exit" and exit mythtv-setup.
Then start mythbackend again.
The log showed

tail -f mythbackend.20230421232220.1773.log
2023-04-21 18:22:20.141104 N [1773/1773] thread_unknown mythdirs.cpp:204 (InitializeMythDirs) - Using configuration directory = /home/mythtv/.mythtv
2023-04-21 18:22:20.141141 I [1773/1773] CoreContext mythcorecontext.cpp:289 (Init) - Assumed character encoding: en_US
2023-04-21 18:22:20.141143 W [1773/1773] CoreContext mythcorecontext.cpp:293 (Init) - This application expects to be running a locale that specifies a UTF-8 codeset, and many features may behave improperly with your current language settings. Please set the LC_ALL or LC_CTYPE, and LANG variable(s) in the environment in which this program is executed to include a UTF-8 codeset (such as 'en_US.UTF-8').
2023-04-21 18:22:20.248350 I [1773/1773] CoreContext mythcontext.cpp:628 (LoadDatabaseSettings) - Empty LocalHostName. This is typical.
2023-04-21 18:22:20.248353 I [1773/1773] CoreContext mythcontext.cpp:635 (LoadDatabaseSettings) - Using a profile name of: 'robrutrm' (Usually the same as this host's name.)
2023-04-21 18:22:20.248391 I [1773/1773] CoreContext mythcontext.cpp:884 (TestDBconnection) - Start up testing connections. DB localhost, BE , attempt 0, status dbAwake, Delay: 2000
2023-04-21 18:22:20.316365 I [1773/1774] LogForward loggingserver.cpp:111 (FileLogger) - Added logging to /var/log/mythtv/mythbackend.20230421232220.1773.log
2023-04-21 18:22:22.112548 N [1773/1773] CoreContext mythcorecontext.cpp:1871 (InitLocale) - Setting QT default locale to en_US
2023-04-21 18:22:22.112557 I [1773/1773] CoreContext mythcorecontext.cpp:1904 (SaveLocaleDefaults) - Current locale en_US
2023-04-21 18:22:22.186124 N [1773/1773] CoreContext mythlocale.cpp:120 (LoadDefaultsFromXML) - Reading locale defaults from /usr/local/share/mythtv//locales/en_us.xml
2023-04-21 18:22:47.272347 E [1773/1773] CoreContext platforms/mythpowerdbus.cpp:102 (Init) - PowerDBus: No UPower interface. Unable to monitor battery state
2023-04-21 18:22:48.250116 I [1773/1773] CoreContext platforms/mythpowerdbus.cpp:539 (AcquireLock) - PowerDBus: Failed to delay sleep,shutdown: Launch helper exited with unknown return code 1
2023-04-21 18:22:48.495334 I [1773/1773] CoreContext mythpower.cpp:354 (PowerLevelChanged) - Power: On AC power
2023-04-21 18:22:48.495345 I [1773/1773] CoreContext mythpower.cpp:136 (Init) - Power: Supported actions: None
2023-04-21 18:22:48.523343 I [1773/1773] CoreContext mythtranslation.cpp:62 (load) - Loading en_us translation for module mythfrontend
2023-04-21 18:22:48.649917 I [1773/1773] CoreContext schemawizard.cpp:117 (Compare) - Current MythTV Schema Version (DBSchemaVer): 1376
2023-04-21 18:22:48.650277 I [1773/1773] CoreContext mythtranslation.cpp:62 (load) - Loading en_us translation for module mythfrontend
2023-04-21 18:22:48.652175 E [1773/1864] MythSocketThread(-1) mythsocket.cpp:686 (ConnectToHostReal) - MythSocket(27e75f0:-1): Failed to connect to (127.0.0.1:6543) Connection refused
2023-04-21 18:22:48.662662 I [1773/1773] CoreContext platforms/mythpowerdbus.cpp:72 (~MythPowerDBus) - PowerDBus: Closing interfaces
2023-04-21 18:22:48.663106 I [1773/1773] CoreContext mythcontext.cpp:1673 (~MythContext) - Exiting

I started the Slackware desktop, launched MythTV-setup, I had the backend host address set for 127.0.0.1, I updated it to the actual host address, 10.160.xxx.xxx and now I am seeing in the log:

# tail -f mythbackend.20230422012651.1708.log
2023-04-21 20:27:20.662229 I [1708/1708] CoreContext serverpool.cpp:415 (listen) - Listening on TCP 0.0.0.0:6543
2023-04-21 20:27:20.662263 I [1708/1708] CoreContext serverpool.cpp:415 (listen) - Listening on TCP [::]:6543
2023-04-21 20:27:20.702175 I [1708/1708] CoreContext http/mythhttpthreadpool.cpp:16 (MythHTTPThreadPool) - HTTPPool: Using maximum 4 threads
2023-04-21 20:27:21.388471 W [1708/1808] HTTPServer http/mythhttps.cpp:56 (InitSSLServer) - SSL: SSL Host key file (/home/mythtv/.mythtv/certificates/key.pem) does not exist or is not readable
2023-04-21 20:27:21.390618 I [1708/1808] HTTPServer mythcorecontext.cpp:488 (ConnectCommandSocket) - MythCoreContext::ConnectCommandSocket(): Connecting to backend server: 10.160.134.69:6543 (try 1 of 1)
2023-04-21 20:27:21.392934 I [1708/1808] HTTPServer mythcorecontext.cpp:1736 (CheckProtoVersion) - MythCoreContext::CheckProtoVersion(): Using protocol version 91 BuzzOff
2023-04-21 20:27:21.393145 I [1708/1813] ProcessRequest mainserver.cpp:1811 (HandleAnnounce) - MainServer: MainServer::ANN Monitor
2023-04-21 20:27:21.393153 I [1708/1813] ProcessRequest mainserver.cpp:1813 (HandleAnnounce) - MainServer: adding: robrutrm(11234f0) as a client (events: 0)
2023-04-21 20:27:21.394225 I [1708/1808] HTTPServer serverpool.cpp:415 (listen) - Listening on TCP 0.0.0.0:6744
2023-04-21 20:27:21.394259 I [1708/1808] HTTPServer serverpool.cpp:415 (listen) - Listening on TCP [::]:6744
2023-04-21 20:27:21.612775 N [1708/1708] CoreContext mainserver.cpp:8193 (reconnectTimeout) - MainServer: Connecting to master server: 10.160.134.69:6543
2023-04-21 20:27:21.612978 N [1708/1708] CoreContext mainserver.cpp:8206 (reconnectTimeout) - MainServer: Connected successfully
2023-04-21 20:27:51.648692 E [1708/1820] MythSocketThread(-1) mythsocket.cpp:816 (ReadStringListReal) - MythSocket(11bf910:45): ReadStringList: Error, timed out after 30000 ms.
2023-04-21 20:27:51.648791 W [1708/1820] MythSocketThread(-1) mainserver.cpp:7953 (connectionClosed) - MainServer: Unknown socket closing MythSocket(0x11bf910)
2023-04-21 20:27:51.648826 E [1708/1708] CoreContext mythsocket.cpp:360 (SendReceiveStringList) - MythSocket(11bf910:-1): No response.
2023-04-21 20:27:51.648833 E [1708/1708] CoreContext mainserver.cpp:8243 (reconnectTimeout) - MainServer: Failed to open master server socket, timeout
2023-04-21 20:27:51.649191 I [1708/1822] MythSocketThread(26) mainserver.cpp:7942 (connectionClosed) - Control sock(11b51c0) disconnected
2023-04-21 20:27:52.600197 N [1708/1708] CoreContext mainserver.cpp:8193 (reconnectTimeout) - MainServer: Connecting to master server: 10.160.134.69:6543
2023-04-21 20:27:52.600374 N [1708/1708] CoreContext mainserver.cpp:8206 (reconnectTimeout) - MainServer: Connected successfully
2023-04-21 20:28:22.637527 E [1708/1824] MythSocketThread(-1) mythsocket.cpp:816 (ReadStringListReal) - MythSocket(11bd4a0:41): ReadStringList: Error, timed out after 30000 ms.
2023-04-21 20:28:22.637618 W [1708/1824] MythSocketThread(-1) mainserver.cpp:7953 (connectionClosed) - MainServer: Unknown socket closing MythSocket(0x11bd4a0)
2023-04-21 20:28:22.637652 E [1708/1708] CoreContext mythsocket.cpp:360 (SendReceiveStringList) - MythSocket(11bd4a0:-1): No response.
2023-04-21 20:28:22.637658 E [1708/1708] CoreContext mainserver.cpp:8243 (reconnectTimeout) - MainServer: Failed to open master server socket, timeout
2023-04-21 20:28:22.637872 I [1708/1708] CoreContext housekeeper.cpp:738 (Run) - Queueing HouseKeeperTask 'JobQueueRecover'.
2023-04-21 20:28:22.638426 I [1708/1825] MythSocketThread(43) mainserver.cpp:7942 (connectionClosed) - Control sock(11a14f0) disconnected
2023-04-21 20:28:22.639438 I [1708/1826] HouseKeeping housekeeper.cpp:139 (Run) - Running HouseKeeperTask 'JobQueueRecover'.
2023-04-21 20:28:22.640018 I [1708/1826] HouseKeeping housekeeper.cpp:159 (Run) - HouseKeeperTask 'JobQueueRecover' Finished Successfully.
2023-04-21 20:28:23.589546 N [1708/1708] CoreContext mainserver.cpp:8193 (reconnectTimeout) - MainServer: Connecting to master server: 10.160.134.69:6543
2023-04-21 20:28:23.589724 N [1708/1708] CoreContext mainserver.cpp:8206 (reconnectTimeout) - MainServer: Connected successfully
2023-04-21 20:28:53.627129 E [1708/1828] MythSocketThread(-1) mythsocket.cpp:816 (ReadStringListReal) - MythSocket(11a14f0:40): ReadStringList: Error, timed out after 30000 ms.
2023-04-21 20:28:53.627218 W [1708/1828] MythSocketThread(-1) mainserver.cpp:7953 (connectionClosed) - MainServer: Unknown socket closing MythSocket(0x11a14f0)
2023-04-21 20:28:53.627251 E [1708/1708] CoreContext mythsocket.cpp:360 (SendReceiveStringList) - MythSocket(11a14f0:-1): No response.
2023-04-21 20:28:53.627259 E [1708/1708] CoreContext mainserver.cpp:8243 (reconnectTimeout) - MainServer: Failed to open master server socket, timeout
2023-04-21 20:28:53.627537 I [1708/1829] MythSocketThread(40) mainserver.cpp:7942 (connectionClosed) - Control sock(11b54a0) disconnected
2023-04-21 20:28:54.578157 N [1708/1708] CoreContext mainserver.cpp:8193 (reconnectTimeout) - MainServer: Connecting to master server: 10.160.134.69:6543
2023-04-21 20:28:54.578334 N [1708/1708] CoreContext mainserver.cpp:8206 (reconnectTimeout) - MainServer: Connected successfully
2023-04-21 20:29:24.616601 E [1708/1830] MythSocketThread(-1) mythsocket.cpp:816 (ReadStringListReal) - MythSocket(1121c30:41): ReadStringList: Error, timed out after 30000 ms.
2023-04-21 20:29:24.616665 W [1708/1830] MythSocketThread(-1) mainserver.cpp:7953 (connectionClosed) - MainServer: Unknown socket closing MythSocket(0x1121c30)
2023-04-21 20:29:24.616682 E [1708/1708] CoreContext mythsocket.cpp:360 (SendReceiveStringList) - MythSocket(1121c30:-1): No response.
2023-04-21 20:29:24.616686 E [1708/1708] CoreContext mainserver.cpp:8243 (reconnectTimeout) - MainServer: Failed to open master server socket, timeout
2023-04-21 20:29:24.616985 I [1708/1832] MythSocketThread(36) mainserver.cpp:7942 (connectionClosed) - Control sock(11b6190) disconnected
2023-04-21 20:29:25.568002 N [1708/1708] CoreContext mainserver.cpp:8193 (reconnectTimeout) - MainServer: Connecting to master server: 10.160.134.69:6543
2023-04-21 20:29:25.568174 N [1708/1708] CoreContext mainserver.cpp:8206 (reconnectTimeout) - MainServer: Connected successfully
2023-04-21 20:29:55.605948 E [1708/1833] MythSocketThread(-1) mythsocket.cpp:816 (ReadStringListReal) - MythSocket(11bcf90:41): ReadStringList: Error, timed out after 30000 ms.
2023-04-21 20:29:55.606058 W [1708/1833] MythSocketThread(-1) mainserver.cpp:7953 (connectionClosed) - MainServer: Unknown socket closing MythSocket(0x11bcf90)
2023-04-21 20:29:55.606091 E [1708/1708] CoreContext mythsocket.cpp:360 (SendReceiveStringList) - MythSocket(11bcf90:-1): No response.
2023-04-21 20:29:55.606098 E [1708/1708] CoreContext mainserver.cpp:8243 (reconnectTimeout) - MainServer: Failed to open master server socket, timeout
2023-04-21 20:29:55.606437 I [1708/1834] MythSocketThread(41) mainserver.cpp:7942 (connectionClosed) - Control sock(11bd4a0) disconnected
2023-04-21 20:29:56.557500 N [1708/1708] CoreContext mainserver.cpp:8193 (reconnectTimeout) - MainServer: Connecting to master server: 10.160.134.69:6543
2023-04-21 20:29:56.557664 N [1708/1708] CoreContext mainserver.cpp:8206 (reconnectTimeout) - MainServer: Connected successfully
2023-04-21 20:30:26.594237 E [1708/1835] MythSocketThread(-1) mythsocket.cpp:816 (ReadStringListReal) - MythSocket(11aefd0:46): ReadStringList: Error, timed out after 30000 ms.
2023-04-21 20:30:26.594309 W [1708/1835] MythSocketThread(-1) mainserver.cpp:7953 (connectionClosed) - MainServer: Unknown socket closing MythSocket(0x11aefd0)
2023-04-21 20:30:26.594346 E [1708/1708] CoreContext mythsocket.cpp:360 (SendReceiveStringList) - MythSocket(11aefd0:-1): No response.
2023-04-21 20:30:26.594352 E [1708/1708] CoreContext mainserver.cpp:8243 (reconnectTimeout) - MainServer: Failed to open master server socket, timeout
2023-04-21 20:30:26.594670 I [1708/1837] MythSocketThread(46) mainserver.cpp:7942 (connectionClosed) - Control sock(111ede0) disconnected
2023-04-21 20:30:27.544737 N [1708/1708] CoreContext mainserver.cpp:8193 (reconnectTimeout) - MainServer: Connecting to master server: 10.160.134.69:6543
2023-04-21 20:30:27.544926 N [1708/1708] CoreContext mainserver.cpp:8206 (reconnectTimeout) - MainServer: Connected successfully
Evidently it keeps connecting and disconnecting to the server, which BTW these logs come from the same machine. Anybody have any idea what happened?

Thanks for any and all help.
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