[mythtv-users] Ver 31 frontend cannot connect to the database

[Mike Carron]

Please excuse my recent top posts. All of my other lists use top posting
and it is easy to forget this list bottom posts.

See below for response.

On 11/22/20 7:46 PM, Ram Ramesh wrote:
> On 11/22/20 9:24 PM, Mike Carron wrote:
>>
>> I didn't delete it, just renamed it oldmm.lll It doesn't make any
>> difference, mythfrontend goes directly to the waiting for database
>> screen.
>>
>> On 11/22/20 4:53 PM, James Abernathy wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>> On Sun, Nov 22, 2020, 7:26 PM Mike Carron <jmcarron at gmx.com
>>> <mailto:jmcarron at gmx.com>> wrote:
>>>
>>>     My backend host recently failed badly enough that I was not able
>>>     to salvage anything so I replaced the hardware and installed a
>>>     new Ubuntu 20.04 and a new v31 mythtv-backend-master with xmltv.
>>>
>>>     I then upgraded a remote frontend (Ubuntu 18.04) from MythTV 30
>>>     to 31 but that frontend will not connect to the database.
>>>
>>>     I've checked and rechecked the frontend setup screen and
>>>     everything is correct. The config.xml files for both look like
>>>     they should work. I've tried the backend config with </host> =
>>>     localhost and = 192.168.0.222 (the backend machine IP). The
>>>     frontend config host is 192.168.0.222.
>>>
>>>     I know the ip addresses are good. I can load 192.168.0.222:6544
>>>     <http://192.168.0.222:6544> into the address line of the Firefox
>>>     on the frontend machine and it finds the database immediately.
>>>
>>>     I'm no doubt missing something obvious but I can't find it. It
>>>     seems like I have worn out 2 search engines trying.
>>>
>>>     Suggestions?
>>>
>>>     mike
>>>
>>> Have you tried deleting the .mythtv/config.xml file on the FE? Then
>>> do a search if the frontend does find it automatically
>>>
> Does xubuntu install any firewall/iptables that could block access to
> backend?
>
> Ramesh
Mike: I don't think so. At least nothing that would block Firefox from
access to the backend.