On Sat, Oct 25, 2008 at 6:46 PM, daryl <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:sofasurferlinux@charter.net">sofasurferlinux@charter.net</a>></span> wrote:<br><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
Now, using Ubuntu Hardy with Mythbuntu-desktop installed I have the same<br>
problems as in my first post...<br>
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I configured a primary backend and a frontend.<br>
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Next to where is says "ping test server" on the first setup page, there is a space labeled<br>
"port". Should there be anything in it? Should "ping test server" be checked or unchecked?<br>
</blockquote><div><br>Usually you can just leave these alone, unchecked and the port blank. It should use the default port. You can change the port if your database is running on another machine. <br> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
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Page 2 has these options. "Use custom identifier for frontend<br>
preferences" and "Enable database server wakeup". I think these can be<br>
left alone for now. Correct?<br>
</blockquote><div><br>You don't need to use a custom identifier unless you change the hostname of you machine frequently, which most people do not do. You don't need database server wakeup. Again that is for when you have another backend machine that has the database running on that machine. If the other machine sleeps or is shutdown, that setting would let you wake it up to access the database. You don't need to worry about that since you are using a combined frontend/backend machine. <br>
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Now when I click the "finish" button I get this message "Cannot find<br>
(ping) database host on network. Clicking on "ok" takes my back to the<br>
first configuration page.</blockquote><div><br>I had this happen recently when I set up a new backend. During the setup I put in the ip address of the machine instead of just using localhost when it asked for the address of the mysql server. Others can probably explain this better, I assume it had something to do with mysql not being setup to accept connections from the network or something like that. Just to make sure you can reset the installation for these things by running:<br>
<br>sudo dpkg-reconfigure mythtv-common<br><br>Leave the default database as "mythconverg". Usually leave the default username as "mythtv". Use whatever mythtv database password you like ("mythtv" is often assumed default password in some places. I don't think security is a huge concern with this password since mythbuntu generates a random password by default and stores it in plain text in /etc/mythtv/mysql.txt). For the host that you MySQL server resides on try "localhost". <br>
<br>You may now need to run:<br><br>sudo dpkg-reconfigure mythtv-database<br><br>This will actually create the database for mythtv to use. Again for the MySQL host use "localhost". I don't really know anything about MySQL so this next part was confusing to me when I first set up mythtv. MySQL has an administrator account (usually named "root" by default). This account is used just to initially create the mythtv mythconverg database and to give the user "mythtv" access to the database. So the mythtv user and its password are used for mythtv's day to day use of the database and for accessing and changing stuff in the mythconverg database. Whereas the MySQL root user and its password are used to actually create the database and grant access but aren't used by mythtv directly. So you can leave the administrator account name as "root". You can leave the 'root' password blank usually, unless you explicitly created a password for MySQL root user. Answer yes to the network access question if you plan on have other frontends or accessing myth from other computers on your network.<br>
<br>Assuming you don't have any errors in the above, then you should be able to run mythtv-setup (I believe this is the dialogue you were in when you had issues before) again and things should work correctly this time.<br>
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When I "esc" out of backend setup I get a window that says "Would you like to run mythfilldatabase?"</blockquote><div><br>Whenever you exit mythtv-setup it will always ask if you want to run mythfilldatabase. Mythfilldatabase, just accesses your listing data and fills in all of the upcoming listings, and I believe it also updates all of your recording schedules, etc. <br>
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I think this is asking questions related to the network connection. Network connection should not be needed since I have a frontend/backend box. Is this correct?</blockquote><div><br>It is my understanding that you don't actually need a network connection if you are running a standalone FE/BE but you do need to have the network setup and configured. However, you would usually need network access for listings and for mythweb anyway.<br>
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Something is not happening that should be happening. What?<br>
<div><div></div><div class="Wj3C7c"></div></div></blockquote><div><br>Mythtv-setup is looking in the wrong place for the database server or it does not have access to the server. I think the commands above should get you on track but if not then there are wiki pages for fixes database access problems or others on this list can help you better than I can with MySQL issues.<br>
<br>Whenever I go to make any signigicant change to my MythTV box my wife asks me how long it will take. I always say, "Well if things work how I plan, then it will only take a few minutes. On the other hand if they don't work, well..." Good luck, it is worth all the trouble.<br>
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