[mythtv-users] Remote frontend not working - Mythbuntu Control Centre option greyed out?

[Bruce Taber]

nospam312 wrote:
>>  You change that setting on the backend - not the frontend...  If you can't get
>>  it to change on that machine, then you can simply modify
>>  /etc/mysql/conf.d/mythtv.cnf
>>     
>
> I have a machine which is a BE and FE.  This is where I am trying to
> connect a remote FE to.  The setting in the Control Centre on the
> combined BE/FE is greyed out.
>
> I have commented out the bind-address line in mythtv.cnf and that did
> not help.  If I change from 0.0.0.0 to the IP address of the combined
> FE & BE that seems to get Myth confused and thinks it needs to setup
> the backend again after I reboot.
>
> The error message when I do a mysql -hTHEIPADDRESS is "error 2003
> (hy000) can't connect to mysql server on THEIPADDRESS (111).  This is
> without even specifying a user and password.
>
> Any other ideas?
>
> TIA
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Is iptables keeping the remote frontend out?