[mythtv-users] frontend only doesnt work

Kevin Kuphal kuphal at dls.net
Sun Nov 5 00:14:22 UTC 2006


Andrew Lyon wrote:
> On 11/4/06, John Drescher <drescherjm at gmail.com> wrote:
>   
>> On 11/4/06, Andrew Lyon <andrew.lyon at gmail.com> wrote:
>>     
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> On my gentoo laptop I have emerged mythtv 0.20 11647 (using a overlay
>>> from integralblue.com)  with frontendonly flag, I run the frontend
>>> with QT or OpenGL painter and I get no display at all, just a load of
>>> errors in the xterm:
>>>
>>> QMYSQL3: Unable to connect
>>> Database error was:
>>> Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket
>>> '/var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock' (2)
>>>
>>>
>>>       
>> It looks that you have not told the frontend where to find your database and
>> it is trying to connect to the local machine.
>>
>> I believe you need to set this in /etc/mythtv/my.cnf  and possibly
>> ~/.mythtv/mysql.txt
>>
>> John
>>
>>     
>
> Thanks, that worked, the documentation at
> http://www.mythtv.org/docs/mythtv-HOWTO-10.html states:
>
> "When you start mythfrontend for the first time, it will attempt to
> connect to a configuration database on the local machine. If there is
> none, a "Database Configuration" screen will appear, and you will need
> to fill in some details. The "Host name" field needs the backend or
> database server's IP address or DNS name, and the User or password
> fields may need to be set to match your database user accounts. After
> editing those fields, press Enter twice to write these configurations
> on your local machine, and attempt to connect to the database. If you
> make any mistakes, the screens will pop up again."
>
> I guess thats wrong or for some reason it didnt work in my case, it
> doesnt matter as I now have myth on my laptop and im happy :).
>   
Do you have a mysql instance running on your frontend?

Kevin


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