[mythtv-users] Myth Front End can't connect with database

[Lan Barnes]

On Wed, April 4, 2007 9:04 am, Mike Perkins wrote:


> Other possibilities: (1) check that skip-networking is commented out in
> my.cnf (both ends) (and restart mysql!) (2) look for other copies of
> mysql.txt - myth seems to scatter them all over the system. Just because
> you fixed one doesn't mean that's the one myth is using.
>

All checked out. No improvement.

> Oh, and the mysql permissions - that's a fun one I came across. Used
> 192.168.x.% as address in the permissions just as you did - rebooted
> both both FE and BE, and mysql changed to wanting the machine name,
> rather than the address. WTF? I hadn't changed anything software-wise,
> just shut everything down so I could put the BE back in it's cupboard,
> and tidy up the cables.
>
> Solution? In my case, adding *all* my machine's names, addresses, and
> variations, to the mysql database.
>
>

OK, how does one go about "adding *all* my machine's names, addresses, and
variations, to the mysql database"?

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