> I'm trying to get mythtv configured as a backend server on my network > but am having difficulty getting it to connect to my MySQL database. > > The mythconverg database was set up and configured using the defaults > and is connectable from the mythfrontend client, which is how I set it > up, and also from the frontend client using the mysql CLI. > > It is not on the same machine as either the mythtv frontend or the > mythtv backend but is connectable from the backend machine when I use > mysql in its CLI format, but does not appear to be connectable when I > try to run mythtv-setup from the backend machine. > > In the long string of error messages, the only one that I can identify > that may be relevant is "DPMS is not supported". > > I've run a diff between the ~/.mythtv/mysql.txt files on both the > frontend machine and the backend machines and they are identical, so > it's not something stupid like database passwords. > > It really is weird, so has anyone got any clue to offer.
I've seen no answers WRT this thread. You say: > [database] is connectable from the backend machine when I use > mysql in its CLI format ie mysql -u mysql -pmysql -h db-machine mythconverg ? In this situation I needed to do this (bizare) step: install mysql-server on the backend machine, run it and DON'T use it mythbackend now connected happily to the data-base-machine You must have qt3-mysql libs installed [NB 3 not 4] James -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
