[mythtv-users] Divorcing MySQL from front/backend combo

[Tom Lichti]

Cross-posted to mysettopbox.tv/KnoppMyth discussion board:

I have a single box serving as DB/back/frontend, and I'd like to utilize 
my already running separate DB server, but it doesn't quite work. I 
first dumped all mythconverg data from my running box, imported it into 
my DB server, edited the mysql.txt file to point to the new DB server, 
stopped mysql on the Myth box, and restarted back and front ends. 
Everything works fine, I can watch TV, browse the EPG, record, playback, 
etc, the only thing that doesn't work (and is a showstopper) is that 
mythfilldatabase fails with an error about not being able to connect to 
the database. I haven't dug too much into it, but does mythfilldatabase 
not use the mysql.txt settings? And has anyone done this successfully? 
Perhaps I could setup mythfilldatabase to run on the db server....kind 
of a hack though...

Thanks
Tom