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

[Mike Perkins]

starcycle wrote:
> 
> ====================================
> 2008-04-12 19:59:14.972 Using runtime prefix = /usr, libdir = /usr/lib
> 2008-04-12 19:59:15.052 Empty LocalHostName.
> 2008-04-12 19:59:15.265 Using localhost value of moe
> 2008-04-12 19:59:15.403 New DB connection, total: 1
> 2008-04-12 19:59:15.454 Connected to database 'mythconverg' at host: localhost
> 2008-04-12 19:59:15.466 Closing DB connection named 'DBManager0'
> 2008-04-12 19:59:15.469 Connected to database 'mythconverg' at host: localhost
> 2008-04-12 19:59:15.524 New DB connection, total: 2
> 2008-04-12 19:59:15.526 Connected to database 'mythconverg' at host: localhost
> 2008-04-12 19:59:15.538 Current Schema Version:
> 2008-04-12 19:59:15.540 DataDirectProcessor::FixProgramIDs() -- begin
> 2008-04-12 19:59:15.543 New DB DataDirect connection
> 2008-04-12 19:59:15.546 Connected to database 'mythconverg' at host: localhost
> 2008-04-12 19:59:15.597 DB Error (Fixing program ids in recorded):

...amongst other things. If you look at the snippet above, this indicates that 
you have not set the ip address for mythbackend *in the back end machine*. What 
is shown above is the default 'localhost'. If this value is not set correctly, 
it's not surprising you are getting connection problems from other machines.

mythtvsetup->general (first page).

Mike Perkins