[mythtv-users] Is network required for single frontend/backend machine?

[Brian Wood]

test wrote:

>>   
> I am simply verifying that I can ping my router but not my windows box. 
> I also am able to ping this Ubuntu box from itself.
> Both FE and BE are on the same machine and I can not figure out how to 
> make things work. I think that the FE and BE need to communicate with 
> each other even though they are in the same box. But when I click on 
> "test connection" I get a "failed" message.
> 
> Since I CAN ping this Ubuntu box from itself, shouldn't frontend and 
> backend be able to communicate.

It depends.

Are you trying to communicate through the loopback interface(127.0.0.1)?
Run ifconfig and see if you have an active lo interface, you should be
able to talk to the DB through that, as long as the addresses are set up
correctly.

beww