[mythtv-users] Frontend Raspberry Pi setup issues

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---- Curtis Gedak <gedakc at gmail.com> wrote: 
> Hi Steve,
> 
> > I suppose I should try that one on the RPi machine too.
> 
> Yes, it would certainly be worth trying the connectivity steps from the
> RPi to be sure that base communication between the frontend and backend
> works.
> 
> The point from Mark about ensuring that the network is up and running
> before starting the frontend is very important too.
> 
> If the network is not running, then the frontend will fail to connect to
> the backend and will instead display the connection settings screen.
> 
> If you are curious how I did this on Raspbian, you can check out the
> startup script I use in a tutorial I wrote.  See:
> 
> Setting Up an Inexpensive Raspberry Pi 2 as a Cheap Frontend to MythTV
> with MythFrontend -- Set MythFrontend to Auto-start on Boot
> http://gedakc.users.sourceforge.net/display-doc.php?name=pvr-rpi-mythtv-frontend#smtaob
> 
> This script might not be the most elegant, however, it has been tested
> and works correctly on three different MythTV installations.
> 
> Curtis
> _______________________________________________

I verified that I can connect to mysql on the backend via the RPi mysql client and run a query.  I then tried starting the frontend on RPi, and same result::  Goes to DB config screen, and on finish it turns off the monitor.  When I turn it back on, it shows the desktop and turns off the monitor again (a detail not in my earlier posts).  Turn it back on again and I have the desktop.  Strange, no?