[mythtv-users] config.xml problem?

[Robin Gilks]

> On Sat, 6 Aug 2016 17:26:02 +1200, you wrote:
>
>>Prior to installing the all new 0.28 backend on my server I thought it a
>>good idea to prepare a spare box as a frontend with the same updated
>>version.
>>
>>Starting from a mythbuntu-16.04.1 install I've tried doing a frontend
>> only
>>install but the control centre fails with errors in the plugins plugin! I
>>almost got it working by doing a backend+frontend install and then
>>deleting the backend but its come back to the same problem. Anyway, that
>>isn't the main issue.
>>
>>The frontend says it can't connect to the database even with a config
>> file
>>the same as the existing 0.27 frontend. I would expect it to connect and
>>then fail with a protocol version error but it doesn't get that far.
>>
>>The error is "MythCoreContext::GetBackendIP(): No address defined for
>>host: localhost". Trying with mythavtest, the error is "Cant't connect to
>>local MySQL server through socket /var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock"
>>
>>Any ideas as to why the discovery of the database fails? Both boxes have
>>'localhost' as the host for it (even though they should be connecting to
>>the backend on my main Debian server).
>>
>>I appears as though there is a hidden config file that is pointing at the
>>wrong place.
>
> Mythfrontend uses the config.xml file under the home directory of the
> user it is run from.  In my case, I install Mythbuntu with a user
> "stephen" as the default (autologin) user, so mythfontend uses
> /home/stephen/.mythtv/config.xml.  If you want to have only one
> config.xml file, you can rename or delete that file and link it to the
> main config.xml file:
>
> cd /home/stephen/.mythtv
> mv config.xml config.xml.orginal
> ln -s /etc/mythtv/config.xml

16.04 already creates a symbolic link by the looks of it. Seems to be a
red herring in that its my original 14.04 install with 0.27 that had the
'hidden' config.xml file which was a copy of the master backend which of
course had the correct IP address and mysql password!!

Duh

Just got to sort out MCC now...

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Robin Gilks