[mythtv] Database server and pings (r14205)

Ivar Eriksen slegge at online.no
Sat Aug 18 10:55:27 UTC 2007


Kevin Kuphal skrev:
> On 8/16/07, *Nigel Pearson* <nigel at ind.tansu.com.au 
> <mailto:nigel at ind.tansu.com.au>> wrote:
>
>
>     Hi Ivar.
>
>
>     > IMO the idea is good, but there should be some way to bypass this
>     > check
>     > as some servers\routers ignores pings.
>
>     Sorry, I hadn't thought about that!
>
>
>     Would a parameter in mysql.txt,
>     or another command-line switch, be enough?
>
>
> I think something in mysql.txt would be the best as it allows for 
> permanent configuration without messing with command-line options.  I 
> mean, anyone who is setting up a mysql system that doesn't respond to 
> pings is probably doing something out of the ordinary anyways and can 
> handle making a change like this to their system.
>
> Kevin
>
>

Yeah, and prehaps have a question in the database prompt thingy that 
appears after a failed ping. "Does your mySQL server reply to ICMP 
pings?  [Yes\No].

--
Ivar


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