[mythtv-users] trying to install mythtv on windows 7

[Travis Tabbal]

On Mon, Feb 22, 2010 at 1:59 PM, mark stewart <ethereal9 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hello there.
>
> I downloaded a binary and installed it along with mysql on my windows 7
> machine.
>
> I configured mysql according to this web page
> http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/MythTV_on_Windows
>
> When I ran the myth backend I used these settings
>
> Database host name : localhost
> Should I test connectivity : yes
> Database port : 6543
> Database name mythconverg
> Database user name : mythtv
> Database password : mythtv
> Unique identifier : Quad-Core
> Wake-On-Lan no
>
> The error I get is
>
> Cannot connect to port 6543 on database host localhost
>
> The port is open in my router.
>
> I don’t know how to troubleshoot this, I don’t know if this is a mysql
> problem or a mythtv problem or a router problem.
>
> Any help would be  greatly appreciated



Try using a MySQL client to connect to your database. Have you created the
mythconverg database yet? The error is a IP level error, at a CMD prompt,
what does "telnet localhost 6543" give you?

The router doesn't matter, you aren't connecting from the outside. Unless
the Windows firewall is blocking your connection? I'm not sure if it does
anything with localhost connections as I have never used Win7.
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