[mythtv-users] Problems installing FE only on Mythbuntu 8.04

[Mikkel Stensgaard]

Mario Limonciello wrote:
> Matt Emmott wrote:
>   
>> My main MythTV box is a Mythbuntu 7.10-based FE/BE combo. It's running
>> 0.21. I'm trying to install the new Mythbuntu 8.04 as a Frontend-only
>> machine on another machine, but when I tell it to build an FE only, it
>> can't connect to my backend. Even worse, it won't let me ignore the
>> error and continue. I've configured my main machine with a setup PIN of
>> 0000 (allow any host) and I can stream TV using MythTV Player for
>> Windows, so I don't believe there's a connection or security issue in
>> MySQL. Am I missing something? Is there any way to ignore the error,
>> build an FE-only system, and figure out the bug afterwards? Seems like a
>> poor UI design unless I'm missing something obvious.
>>
>> On another note, there's some option to magically pull the info from my
>> existing Myth setup without any other intervention. How does this work?
>>
>>
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>
> When it tries to connect to the backend, it is literally just trying to connect
> to the MySQL port with the username and password you supply.  Once it verifies
> that it was able to 'connect', it will allow you to move forward.  The choice
> for 8.04 to require you to test the connection first was made because really
> weird errors will pop up later if the connection isn't working during install.
>
> If you don't trust ubiquity on this, try connecting on a command line using the
> mysql command line utility.
>
> That option to pull information is only if you have used the 'live frontend'
> during that boot.
>   
MythTv Player for Windows does not use the mysql database, so it can 
still be that you have not allowed mysql access from remote machines.

\Mikkel