[mythtv-users] Mythfrontend will not start

Mike Perkins mikep at randomtraveller.org.uk
Thu Sep 1 13:55:04 UTC 2016


On 01/09/16 13:04, Jack McGee wrote:
> Sep  1 05:51:39 mythuser-ZBOX-ID84 mythfrontend.real: mythfrontend[5364]: E CoreContext
> mythdbparams.cpp:49 (IsValid) DBPassword is not set in config.xml
> Sep  1 05:51:39 mythuser-ZBOX-ID84 mythfrontend.real: mythfrontend[5364]: E CoreContext
> mythdbparams.cpp:39 (IsValid) DBHostName is not set in config.xml
> Sep  1 05:51:39 mythuser-ZBOX-ID84 mythfrontend.real: mythfrontend[5364]: N CoreContext
> mythcontext.cpp:505 (LoadDatabaseSettings) Empty LocalHostName.
>
The above lines are probably relevant. Your system is (again!) trying to connect to a database on 
the front end instead of using the one on the backend.

It looks like for some reason you are not using the correct config.xml file. The above lines 
indicate that the frontend is using default values.

-- 

Mike Perkins



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