[mythtv-users] Separate Frontend - New Install

[Per Hatlevik]

On Fri, Aug 4, 2017 at 6:01 PM Ashu Desai <ashu.desai at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Fri, Aug 4, 2017 at 5:51 PM, Per Hatlevik <jakeisawake at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Can you connect to the db from the remote frontend?
>>
>> Something like
>>
>> mysql mythconverg -u mythtv -h 192.168.1.55 -p -e "select count(*) from settings;"
>>
>>
>> Obviously replace that ip with the ip of your master backend....
>>
>>
>>
>>
> It doesn't have mysql - not sure if I need to install mariadb - all I did
> was install mythtv-frontend
>

Mythtv frontend depends on libmysqlclient or libmariadbclient but you still
type "mysql"

If that doesn't work on the remote fe then you can't connect to the db
which is a requirement for mythtv fe or be! It would also explain your log
a bit.
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