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

[Steven Adeff]

ack, nevermind, that didn't solve it, still not connecting...

On Sun, Oct 3, 2010 at 12:02 PM, Steven Adeff <adeffs.mythtv at gmail.com> wrote:
> GAH, nevermind, top posting because this was just IO error, apparently
> mythbuntu does not properly set the master backend IP's properly when
> you tell it you want to be able to connect remote frontends, so I had
> to change them from 127.0.0.1
>
>
> On Sun, Oct 3, 2010 at 11:47 AM, Steven Adeff <adeffs.mythtv at gmail.com> wrote:
>> 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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