[mythtv-users] Ripping DVD's on a remote frontend

[Steve Daniels]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: mythtv-users-bounces at mythtv.org [mailto:mythtv-users-
> bounces at mythtv.org] On Behalf Of Glenn Chubak
> Sent: 16 October 2006 18:07
> To: mythtv-users at mythtv.org
> Subject: [mythtv-users] Ripping DVD's on a remote frontend
> 
> This seems like it should be rather simple but I've hit a dead end.  I
> have
> three remote frontends and a dedicated backend.  When I try to rip a dvd
> on a
> frontend it tells me that it can't connect to the Myth Transcoding Daemon.
> When I try to start 'mtd' on one of the frontends it complains about being
> unable to connect to the MySQL server (output below).  mtd seems to start
> and
> run correctly on the backend.  How is this supposed to be configured?  I
> can't seem to find anything in the docs or mailing lists that addresses
> this
> problem.  This is all running on Fedora Core using the atrpms if it
> matters.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Glenn
> 
> ------- output from mtd on frontend -------
> 2006-10-16 11:01:55.956 Using runtime prefix = /usr
> 2006-10-16 11:01:56.382 New DB connection, total: 1
> 2006-10-16 11:01:56.445 Unable to connect to database!
> 2006-10-16 11:01:56.445 Driver error was [1/2002]:
> QMYSQL3: Unable to connect
> Database error was:
> Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket
> '/var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock'
> (2)
> 
> QSqlQuery::exec: database not open
> QSqlQuery::exec: database not open
> 2006-10-16 11:01:56.525 DB Error (KickDatabase):
> Query was:
> SELECT NULL;
> No error type from QSqlError?  Strange...
> Could not initialize myth context. Exiting.
> ---------------------------------------

Which user are you running mtd as? Is there a mysql.txt file for this user
(as with what's needed by mythfrontend?) IIRC that is where mtd get's it's
db connection details from.

HTH

Steve Daniels

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