[mythtv-users] mysql issue when accessing backend from a remotefrontend

[William]

> 
> 
> Previously I had MythTv setup on Fedora 4 and used a XBOX as 
> my frontend.  Now I am switching to Ubuntu on my backend.  
> MythTV frontend and backend are working on my Ubuntu machine. 
>  However when I try to run mythfrontend on my xbox I get an 
> error about not being able to connect to the database.  This 
> is my error,
> 
> 2006-08-19 15:37:52.089 Using runtime prefix = /usr
> 2006-08-19 15:37:53.505 New DB connection, total: 1
> 2006-08-19 15:37:53.523 Unable to connect to database! 
> 2006-08-19 15:37:53.523 Driver error was [1/1045]:
> QMYSQL3: Unable to connect
> Database error was:
> Access denied for user 'mythtv'@'xbox' (using password: YES)
> 
> I spent many hours researching the issue and ran these 
> commands on my backend,
> 
> $ mysql -u root mythconverg
> mysql> grant all on mythconverg.* to mythtv@"192.168.2.%" identified
> by "mythtv";
> mysql> flush privileges;
>

It sounds like you are not running the mysql server. Its disabled by default
in the newer systems.