[mythtv-users] Mythbuntu remote frontend can't connect to server

[Steven Adeff]

Hello all, little issue I can't quite pin down.

I've got a new mythtv system I'm building for my parents. I've got a
main system with a backend and frontend, and one remote frontend. I'm
running mythbuntu 10.04 on both. I set up the backend and with the
mythtv-database package told it I will have remote frontends, except I
can't get the remote frontend to connect, I've even tried one of my
frontends with the config.xml and mysql.txt to point to their backend.
they see the machine but it says it can't connect,

2010-10-03 11:36:53.341 Driver error was [1/2002]:
QMYSQL: Unable to connect
Database error was:
Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket
'/var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock' (2)


it then looks for UPnP backends and finds my backend and connects,

2010-10-03 11:36:53.469 UPnPautoconf() - Found one UPnP backend
2010-10-03 11:36:53.629 Testing network connectivity to '192.168.1.151'
2010-10-03 11:36:53.637 Closing DB connection named 'DBManager0'
2010-10-03 11:36:53.658 Connected to database 'mythconverg' at host:
192.168.1.151
2010-10-03 11:36:53.659 Closing DB connection named 'DBManager0'
2010-10-03 11:36:53.668 ScreenSaverX11Private: Gnome screen saver
support enabled
2010-10-03 11:36:53.710 DPMS is not supported.
Xlib:  extension "Generic Event Extension" missing on display "localhost:12.0".
Xlib:  extension "Generic Event Extension" missing on display "localhost:12.0".
2010-10-03 11:36:53.766 Primary screen: 0.
2010-10-03 11:36:53.767 Connected to database 'mythconverg' at host:
192.168.1.151


I've tried manually telling mysql to allow remote connections, but to
no avail. I've compared the mysql config files between my backend and
this new one and can't see a difference.

anyone have a similar experience and figure it out, or have an idea
for me to try? I used mythbuntu 10.04 to set up my backend and don't
remember having this issue so I'm a bit lost.

thanks!

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Steve
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