[mythtv-users] Mythbackend acting strange

[Batshua bat Yehonatan]

When I was running mythbackend before it had some sort of GUI.  Could this
be mythbuntu specific?

On Fri, Jan 30, 2009 at 1:36 PM, Brad DerManouelian
<myth at dermanouelian.com>wrote:

> On Jan 30, 2009, at 11:31 AM, Batshua bat Yehonatan wrote:
>
>  Someone suggested to me that it must be mythfrontend I was thinking of.
>>  (Gmail gremlins ate that message, so I can't do a direct reply.)  I checked
>> mythbackend again, same problem.  Then I checked mythfrontend.  It looks the
>> same as mythbackend.  Or should I say mythbackend is acting like
>> mythfrontend?  Whichever it is, I can't seem to fix the settings and it's
>> driving me bonkers.  Suggestions?
>>
>
> The suggestions were already given.
>
> Make sure mythbackend is running. Check its logs for any error messages
> (especially ones like cannot connect to MySQL)
> If mythbackend complains about MySQL, make sure MySQL is running and
> allowing connections from mythbackend.
>
> The problem you're seeing is when mythfrontend cannot connect to
> mythbackend for some reason. Either it's not running or something is
> blocking the connection.
> Note that there is no graphical interface to mythbackend so it's difficult
> to understand why you think you're seeing one when you run it.
>
> -Brad
>
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