[mythtv-users] mythfrontend can't connect to backend/database

[starcycle]

On Sun, Apr 20, 2008 at 8:56 PM, starcycle <starcycle at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Sun, Apr 20, 2008 at 8:51 PM, starcycle <starcycle at gmail.com> wrote:
>  >
>  >  root at moe:~ # perror l
>  >  OS error code   0:  Success
>
>  oh shoot - I guess that was supposed to be perror 1. :p
>
>  root at moe:~ # perror 1
>
> OS error code   1:  Operation not permitted
>
>  okay - so perhaps changing /var/run/mysqld to /var/lib/mysql would
>  work? trying ... thanks
>

Nope, didn't work. Also, that wouldn't explain why the localhost can
access the database, would it? only the networked clients can't access
it.

damn, i'm about ready to give up. nothing on linux has ever given me
this much trouble. it doesn't make sense -- something apparently is
just fubared.