[mythtv-users] Myth Front End can't connect with database
Andrew Robinson
awrobinson-ml at nc.rr.com
Fri Apr 6 03:30:52 UTC 2007
R. G. Newbury wrote:
> Andrew Robinson wrote:
>> I am experiencing the exact same problem. If I turn off iptables on the
>> backend server, the frontend connects and works. I have opened all the
>> recommended ports on the backend but when I turn on iptables, I get the
>> same set of error messages. I offer this as a clue.
> THAT sounds like the port is being refused.
>
> Fedora has a little program called lokkit which allows you to open/close
> particular ports. If an 'iptables -F' allows you 'in', then the port is
> normally closed. Use lokkit to open 6543/6544/6545 (going from memory
> on those numbers)...Open both TCP and UDP.
>
I've got those three ports plus 3306 for mysql open. That's what makes
this really curious. It is as if something else needs to be open as
well. I just don't know what.
Andrew Robinson
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