[mythtv-users] MythWeb running on a different machine other thanbackend server

Joseph A. Caputo jcaputo1 at comcast.net
Tue Jul 15 14:55:41 EDT 2003


> -----Original Message-----
> From: mythtv-users-bounces at snowman.net
> [mailto:mythtv-users-bounces at snowman.net]On Behalf Of Michael J. Sherman
> Sent: Tuesday, July 15, 2003 1:41 PM
> To: Discussion about mythtv
> Subject: [mythtv-users] MythWeb running on a different machine other
> thanbackend server
>
>
>
> I have my myth backend and frontend on the same machine.  That machine
> is inside my home firewall, so I cannot acccess mythweb from the outside
> world on that machine.  Therefore I installed mythweb on my gateway
> Linux machine, and changed the settings.php to point it to the database
> server on the myth box.  While at work I can then access MythWeb on my
> gateway at home.
>
> I can access the listing page just fine, and schedule recordings, but
> when I try to go to the "Fix Conflicts" or "Recorded Programs" pages in
> MythWeb, I get the error "Unable to connect to mythbackend, is it
> running?".  The "Listings", "Movies", and "Scheduled Recordings" pages
> work just fine.
>
> What is different about the conflicts and recorded programs pages?  The
> listings page is obviously connecting to the backend just fine, because
> I can schedule recordings and view the program listing.

I've never looked at the MythWeb code, but my first guess would be that in
one case it simply accesses the mysql DB, and in the other it tries to talk
to mythbackend.  Maybe you need to change a setting to tell it where the
master backend is?

-JAC



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