[15:23] <jarnos> I have mythbuntu 14.04 system that has one PC that is primary backend and frontend and another one that is frontend. However, I could not connect to the database using the frontend PC. Can anyone help with the settings?
[15:40] <Kwisher_wrk> jarnos: in the frontend setings did you input the be ip?
[15:42] <jarnos> Kwisher_wrk, I put 127.0.0.1 that I checked from backend settings.
[15:43] <Kwisher_wrk> jarnos: it would be best to assign the be a static ip
[15:44] <jarnos> Kwisher_wrk, well isn't that?
[15:44] <Kwisher_wrk> no, that is the local loopback device
[15:45] <Kwisher_wrk> from your be you need to find it's current ip
[15:45] <Kwisher_wrk> from a term do: ifconfig
[15:46] <tgm4883> You'll need to use that on both the frontend and the backend
[15:46] <tgm4883> and probably tell mysql to listen on all interfaces
[15:49] <jarnos> Do I have to change the address in backend settings?
[15:49] <Kwisher_wrk> yes
[15:50] <Kwisher_wrk> did you find it's ip?
[15:50] <jarnos> Kwisher_wrk, I guess so.
[15:51] <Kwisher_wrk> jarnos: there's no guessing, either you did or didn't :)
[15:51] <Kwisher_wrk> what ip did you find?
[15:55] <jarnos> Kwisher_wrk, 192.168.100.22
[15:55] <Kwisher_wrk> ok, use that ip in the be & fe settings
[15:58] <jarnos> What is the right database name? And I have no idea about the user and password requested in the frontend settings, but there is a PIN in backend settings.
[15:59] <Kwisher_wrk> did you update the be settings first?
[16:00] <jarnos> Kwisher_wrk, yes
[16:01] <Kwisher_wrk> you need to find a hidden file at : /home/mythtv/.mythtv/config.xml and copy or print it out
[16:02] <Kwisher_wrk> that file will contain the db info you need on all the fe's
[16:08] <jarnos> Kwisher_wrk, thanks, but the port number is different than in backend setup. Which one should I use?
[16:09] <Kwisher_wrk> should be 3306
[16:09] <Kwisher_wrk> that's the default
[16:13] <jarnos> Kwisher_wrk, that was mythical.
[16:14] <Kwisher_wrk> ???
[16:15] <jarnos> Kwisher_wrk, that I had to dig some hidden file in backend to be able to setup a frontend.
[16:15] <tgm4883> jarnos: well technically you don't. You could look in it to find your username and password and then just type it in
[16:15] <jarnos> Kwisher_wrk, and that I have some different port set in backend settings, but I can still use defalt port in frontend settings.
[16:18] <jarnos> Frontend looks quite different in bare frontend PC than in combined frontend-backend PC.
[16:18] <tgm4883> jarnos: the ports are for different things
[16:18] <tgm4883> what do you mean bare
[16:21] <Kwisher_wrk> jarnos: is it working now?
[16:22] <jarnos> Kwisher_wrk, at least partly. I could watch TV in the frontend, but voice did not work,
[17:39] <jarnos> Kwisher_wrk, but even that works now. Thanks for support!
[17:41] <Kwisher_wrk> jarnos: look into assigning your backend a static ip address to avoid future problems
[17:42] <Kwisher_wrk> the easiest way is with a dhcp reservation in your dhcp server/router
[18:02] <jarnos> Kwisher_wrk, do you mean 192.* is not static? When would such problems occur?
[18:03] <Kwisher_wrk> jarnos: if you don't understand dhcp vs static then your pc's are leasing an ip from a pool of ip's from the dhcp server
[18:03] <Kwisher_wrk> if the pc reboots, it could receive a different ip from that pool
[18:04] <Kwisher_wrk> then you'll be back to where you started today