[mythtv-users] Myth Front End can't connect with database

[Andrew Robinson]

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