[mythtv-users] Help troubleshooting why remote frontends not able to connect after upgrade

[Mache Creeger]

At 11:03 AM 4/26/2008, Brian Wood wrote:

>On Apr 26, 2008, at 11:43 AM, Paul D. Cnudde wrote:
>
> > Greetings,
> > I recently upgraded my mythboxen to 0.21 using the debian packages
> > from
> > debian-multimedia .  My setup is 1 BE\FE and 2 remote frontends.  All
> > was working perfectly before the upgrade.
> >
> > When trying to watch recordings on remote frontends this is what i get
> > after the upgrade:
> >
> > Could not connect to the master backend server -- is it running?  Is
> > the
> > IP address set for it in the setup program correct?
>
>Something new in 0.21 is that the pin code to connect is now
>*required*, use 0000 to allow anyone to connect without a code.
>
>I forget what screen it's in, but you could easily miss it if you're
>not paying attention closely (I did).
>
>beww

You may have a problem with mysql security on the MBE not allowing 
remotes to login.  I would check the Modifying access to the MySQL 
database for multiple systems section at the bottom of the following web page:

http://www.mythtv.org/docs/mythtv-HOWTO-6.html

-- Mache

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