[mythtv-users] Setting up slave backend system

[Bruce Markey]

Scot L. Harris wrote:
> First I would like to thank everyone that contributed help on this
> problem.  
> 
> I believe I have success in getting the SBE setup and working.  :)
> At least the tests so far are good.
> 
> I have found a few things that I need to understand better but I now
> understand it enough that I believe I can consistently set up a SBE and
> a MBE.
> 
> Used FC3 on the MBE and FC4 on the SBE with 0.18.1 mythtv from ATRPMS.
> 
> 1. a single mysql instance is needed on the MBE, no where else.

Correct. I do have multiple databases and each is a different test
environments. I can connect frontends and backends to an environment
by controlling which mysql.txt file is used. Technically, the mysqld
doesn't have to be running on the same host as the master but that
is the obvious choice for performance reasons. Wherever the DB is,
each process that connects to the same database is part of the same
environment.

> 2. I found three copies of mysql.txt on both the MBE and the SBE.
...
> I am not clear on why there are three copies of this file scattered on

Don't know why there are three on your system but in general, there
is one in myth's installed share directory but this will be overwritten
with each upgrade. Therefore, it looks to see if there is a file for
$HOME/.mythtv/mysql.txt of the userid that is running the program.

> One thing I noticed was that when running mythtv-setup there does not
> appear to be a way to delete/remove individual capture cards.  There is

Press "D" for the delete popup.

--  bjm