[mythtv-users] Front End Setup

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 From the fronend, see if you can reach teh Mysql server.

front# telnet backend.server.comIP 3306

Let us know if that comes back with anything.
It should be a small trivial thing that is wrong.

Mark

Quoting Harry Lipkind <hil at hiltech.com>:

> Hello
>
> I have a MythTV backend (with local viewing) setup.  I am now trying to
> setup a front end and not getting far.
>
> I have read the paragraphs in the documentation.  They say that we do
> not need mysql on the front end and that no backend configuration is
> needed (correct - no backend on front end only machine).
>
> When I run mythfrontend I get a lot of error messages scrolling by
> (because of no mysql there I believe).  Then I go into a screen to set
> the the language and then host IP address, select ports etc, then a
> third simple screen with custom identifier and wake on lan, then I go
> back to the command prompt with lots of errors from no database to
> connect.  The two workstations are about 20 feet apart, both on
> Ethernet, and they can ping each other happily.  They are connected by a
> single gigabit capable switch.
>
> The backend machine has a static IP address assigned.
>
> Here is how I setup the front end box.
>
> Running Linux SuSE (SLED) 10.
> Pulled in Lame
> Pulled in Qmake
> Pulled in mythtv-0.19.tar.gz2
>
> Built Lame
>
> //////  qmake and QTDIR setup
> Tested for correct response from qmake by running
>
> echo $PATH
> echo $QTDIR
> which qmake.
>
> Neither of the last two responsed (same problem on the server build this
> time).  I went through books and found what I supposedly could do.  I
> wrote a very small profile.local and put three lines in it
>
> QTDIR="/usr/lib/qt3"
> PATH="$PATH:/usr/lib/qt3/bin/qmake"
> EXPORT QTDIR PATH
>
> Logged out and back in and path info appeared correct.
> ////////////   End of qmake and QTDIR setup
>
>
>
> opened mythtv-0.19.tar.bz2  with tar -xjf...
>
> went into subdirectory and followed steps with:
>
> 	./configure
> 	qmake mythtv.pro
> 	make
> 	make install
>
> (The functions of the above commands looked the same as they did on the
> master system.
>
> I was doing all this as root so I didn't need the su command.
>
> I must have left something out or put something in that I didn't need.
>
> Advice please.  Thanks in advance for any suggestions.
>
> Harry Lipkind
>
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