[Kitteridge]

Dear all,

Thanks for reading and I hope you can help me. My problem is that I always get a connection refused error message when trying to use the remote on my HTC desire. I'm running xbmc 1:9.11-lucid 2 on Ubuntu 10.04

I have followed the guide from this forum, enabling the two radio buttons (allow programs on this/ other systems to access XBMC) - I've enclosed a screenshot to prove it:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/13284136@N00/4661071462

OK - I'm happy I've set up the xbmc settings correctly.

When I check for open ports using netstat, I get:

netstat --all | grep 9777
udp 0 0 *:9777 *:*
unix 3 [ ] STREAM CONNECTED 9777


When I try with nmap, I get:

sudo nmap -p 9777 -sU localhost

Starting Nmap 5.00 ( http://nmap.org ) at 2010-06-01 20:31 BST
Interesting ports on localhost (127.0.0.1):
PORT STATE SERVICE
9777/udp open|filtered unknown


I've explicitly opened 9777 and 8080 with firestarter, and have also tried:

sudo iptables -A INPUT -p udp --dport 9777 -j ACCEPT

My HTC Desire settings are as in the setup guide, with a capitalised XBMC user name. The Wifi only checkbox is unchecked. I have remembered to turn on wifi with my HTC.

Is there anything else I can check to get this working?

I'd really appreciate any suggestions you might have.

Thanks a lot,

Kitteridge

[freezy]

I think your flickr pic has restricted access, I'm getting the yahoo login page.

Did you try to access the web server by running

Code:

http://xbmc:8080/xbmcCmds/xbmcHttp?command=GetSystemInfo(120;121)

from your desktop PC in order to verify that it's a problem on XBMC's side?

[Kitteridge]

Thanks for the reply. Sorry about the restricted Flickr link -

FWIW, here's an alternative:

http://imgur.com/RiLk6

When I enter:

http://xbmc:8080/xbmcCmds/xbmcHttp?comma...o(120;121)

I get a time out message from the browser. Presumably this is where the problem is. Any idea of how I can tackle that problem? I guess it's becoming a little off-topic for this sub-forum, but any help would be great.

Once again, thanks for the reply. Really appreciate it.

[Kitteridge]

Hmmmm,

By Googling around, I found someone who had port 8081 rather than 8080 as the web server port, despite the settings saying 8080.

By changing the XBMC remote app port to 8081, it works brilliantly!

A weird problem, but the app is fantastic.

Congratulations and kudos to the developers for such an intuitive and impressive app.

Thanks to all those who read

[freezy]

Sorry I'm taking so long to respond these days, been busy with other stuff.

Did you try removing the HTTP Auth (aka password) for HTTP? And maybe try your netstat command on port 8080? It seems something is blocking the traffic. I assume XBMC is in the same subnet in your LAN?

[the_alien]

Nice you got it working. Freezy will notice that too