[mythtv-users] I can't connect to mythbackend from remote computer

[Mike Perkins]

curtlee wrote:
> 
> 
> On 3/25/07, *Mike Perkins* <mikep at randomtraveller.org.uk 
> <mailto:mikep at randomtraveller.org.uk>> wrote:
> 
>     curtlee wrote:
>      >
>      >
>      > On 3/24/07, *Nick Morrott* <knowledgejunkie at gmail.com
>     <mailto:knowledgejunkie at gmail.com>
>      > <mailto:knowledgejunkie at gmail.com
>     <mailto:knowledgejunkie at gmail.com>>> wrote:
>      >
>      >     On 25/03/07, curtlee <curtlee2002 at gmail.com
>     <mailto:curtlee2002 at gmail.com>
>      >     <mailto:curtlee2002 at gmail.com
>     <mailto:curtlee2002 at gmail.com>>> wrote:
>      >
>      >      > 2007-03-24 20:32:44.679 Connecting to backend server:
>      >     GeorgeDesktop:6543
>      >      > (try 1 of 5)
>      >      > 2007-03-24 20:32: 44.680 Connection timed out.
>      >      >                         You probably should modify the
>     Master Server
>      >      >                         settings in the setup program and
>     set the
>      >      >                         proper IP address.
>      >
>      >     On your master server, you need to change its IP address from
>      >     127.0.0.1 <http://127.0.0.1> <http://127.0.0.1> to its actual
>     IP address in
>      >     mythtv-setup. The IP address is
>      >     stored in the database, and the remote frontend will look it
>     up. If
>      >     it's set to localhost on the master machine, there is no way
>     for the
>      >     remote frontend to connect to it.
>      >
>      >     Nick
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>      > It's set to the correct ip address. I went step by step through the
>      > mythtv.org <http://mythtv.org> <http://mythtv.org> documentation.
>     This is really haunting
>      > me. I just don't know what to do.
>      >
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>     Other obvious possibility - have you commented out "skip-networking" in
>     /etc/my.cnf? (mysql config)
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>     Mike Perkins
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> Yes, I have commented out "skip-networking". If I hadn't, I wouldn't be 
> able to connect to mysql remotely.
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Sorry - misread the OP.

Your situation usually means that the software isn't using the mysql.txt 
that you think it is. Do a find on both machines and manually verify 
they are all the same...

Mike Perkins