[mythtv-users] mythtv v29 can't connect remote frontend

David Hampton mythtv at love2code.net
Mon Jan 8 22:07:00 UTC 2018


On Mon, 2018-01-08 at 21:36 +0000, Jim Abernathy wrote:
> Need some quick help here.  I got all my recordings and database 
> restored on a new V29 backend.  I can use ssh -X to run the mythtv-
> setup 
> and make sure thinks are working.  Same thing for mythfrontend.
> 
> The problem is when I try to install v29 mythtv-frontend on a remote
> FE. 
> It can't find the database.  during install I selected allow remote
> FEs 
> and it commented out the bind statement as expected.
> 
> I just can't see what I'm missing.  I have the config.xml in .mythtv
> and 
> in /etc/mythtv/ symbolically linked.

Did your distro install a firewall on the backend?  Mysql/mariadb needs
port 3306 open, and mythtv needs ports 6543/6544/6549/6554 open.

David



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