[mythtv-users] frontend only doesnt work

[Andrew Lyon]

> 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

No, I  thought that might be something to do with it so  I tried
running the frontend both with mysql  running, and without.

Andy