[mythtv-users] Database problem?

[Peter Crighton]

On Fri, 6 Oct 2006 12:28:22 -0400, you wrote:

>On 6-Oct-06, at 11:58 AM, Peter Crighton wrote:
>
>>> Is the hostname 'mythtv' registered in your /etc/hosts file, or on a
>>> dns server somewhere? I'd try localhost instead.
>>
>> Tried that - no different, although "mysql mythconverg -h localhost -u
>> mythtv -pmythtv" successfully connects to the database.
>
>When you added mythtv to /etc/hosts was it mapping to 127.0.0.1 or  
>the external IP? It's possible that mysql is only listening on the  
>127 interface. You can verify this in /etc/mysql/my.cnf.
>

mythtv is listed in hosts as 127.0.0.1 - is that OK?

my.cnf is in /etc (no /etc/mysql directory). I posted the contents in
a previous post. There is nothing specific in my.cnf relating to
network addresses so far as I can see. Is that also OK?
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Peter Crighton