[mythtv-users] frontend losing connection from backend nightly

[Michael T. Dean]

On 02/24/2009 06:24 PM, sonofzev at iinet.net.au wrote:
> I have an issue where the frontend is losing connection from the backend nightly. 
>
> I have noticed similar posts on here and tried the suggested workarounds that I
> could find. 
> 1.) increasing timeouts on database 
> 2.) turning on "delete files slowly" 
>
> One difference that I noticed between my post and other posts, is that I have to
> completely reboot the PC for Mythtv to work again. Mythfrontend doesn't reconnect
> on subsequent attempts and even shutting dowwn the backend (including Mysql)
> doesn't seem to fix the problem at all... 
>
> Any advice.. 
> Also how do I turn on relevant logging to help debug this.

Do you really have to /reboot/ or does just restarting mythfrontend work?

Mike