mythlcdserver problem.

[Steve Goodey]

Hello,

I have a problem where mythlcdserver is trying to connect to LCDd before it has started and so mythlcdserver gets connection refused. Looking at the logs it tries to connect about 12 seconds before LCDd is started.

To get over this I have delayed the start of mythfrontend by 15 seconds using a shell script, but this seems an awful kludge.

I'm wondering if it would be possible to delay mythfrontend starting until LCDd is up, a bit like needing mythbackend to check if USB tuners are ready before starting by using a .service file?

Thanks for any suggestions/help. I've also posted this to the forum.

steve@mythbuntu:~$ uname -a
Linux mythbuntu 6.14.0-29-generic #29~24.04.1-Ubuntu SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC Thu Aug 14 16:52:50 UTC 2 x86_64 x86_
64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
steve@mythbuntu:~$ mythfrontend --version
xset: unable to open display ""
Please attach all output as a file in bug reports.
MythTV Version : v35.0+fixes.202509181738.931474b3a0~ubuntu24.04.1
MythTV Branch : fixes/35
Network Protocol : 91
Library API : 35.20220913-1
QT Version : 5.15.13
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[white_haired_uncle]

I'm not sure about what starts this lcdd and mythlcdserver, but yeah it should be easy enough to check if lcdd is running.

From what you've described, it sort of sounds like mythlcdserver is started by mythfrontend, but needs lcdd started first?

First question that comes to my mind is how you start mythfrontend? A user service, or autologin (from the sounds of it, you're not doing it manually)?

[Steve Goodey]

First question that comes to my mind is how you start mythfrontend? A user service, or autologin (from the sounds of it, you're not doing it manually)?

The box has the user autologin and I used Mythbuntu Control Panel to automatically start the frontend.

Looking in Startup Applications, Startup Application Preferences, there's an entry MythTV Frontend with a command of mythfrontend --service.

So I suppose I need to find what starts LCDd.