[mythtv-users] Help troubleshooting why remote FE can't connect

[Kevin Kuphal]

On Thu, Apr 17, 2008 at 4:12 PM, Chris Vargas <ceenvee at yahoo.com> wrote:

>
> I am having problems connecting to my backend from a remote frontend and
> can't determine what the problem is. Hoping someone could help figure out
> what to try next.
>
> The backend reports the following with mythbackend --version
>
> MythTV Version   : 17024M
> MythTV Branch    : branches/release-0-21-fixes
> Library API      : 0.21.20080304-1
> Network Protocol : 40
>
> Both the local and remote frontend show this with mythfrontend --version
>
> MythTV Version   : 17024M
> MythTV Branch    : branches/release-0-21-fixes
> Library API      : 0.21.20080304-1
> Network Protocol : 40
>
> I've enabled remote access on the backend by commenting out the
> bind-address in my.cnf. I can confirm remote access by logging on to mysql
> via the command line. All appropriate locations (as far as I can tell) in
> the backend setup and the frontend are using the IP number of the backend.
>
> When I try to connect, I get the following:
>
> 2008-04-16 18:12:36.418 New DB connection, total: 2
> 2008-04-16 18:12:36.424 Connected to database 'mythconverg' at host:
> 192.168.1.30
> 2008-04-16 18:12:36.427 Unexpected DB Schema version.  Waiting to see if
> DB is being upgraded.
> 2008-04-16 18:12:41.451 Timed out waiting.
> 2008-04-16 18:12:41.451 This version of MythTV requires an updated
> database schema. Please run mythtv-setup or mythbackend to update your
> database.


What does the backend say when you start it up in the logs with a little
verbosity?  You might also check the DBSchemaVer setting value in your
database using phpmyadmin or something like it to see if it is correct for
the version you are running.

Kevin
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