[15:23] 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] jarnos: in the frontend setings did you input the be ip? [15:42] Kwisher_wrk, I put 127.0.0.1 that I checked from backend settings. [15:43] jarnos: it would be best to assign the be a static ip [15:44] Kwisher_wrk, well isn't that? [15:44] no, that is the local loopback device [15:45] from your be you need to find it's current ip [15:45] from a term do: ifconfig [15:46] You'll need to use that on both the frontend and the backend [15:46] and probably tell mysql to listen on all interfaces [15:49] Do I have to change the address in backend settings? [15:49] yes [15:50] did you find it's ip? [15:50] Kwisher_wrk, I guess so. [15:51] jarnos: there's no guessing, either you did or didn't :) [15:51] what ip did you find? [15:55] Kwisher_wrk, 192.168.100.22 [15:55] ok, use that ip in the be & fe settings [15:58] 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] did you update the be settings first? [16:00] Kwisher_wrk, yes [16:01] you need to find a hidden file at : /home/mythtv/.mythtv/config.xml and copy or print it out [16:02] that file will contain the db info you need on all the fe's [16:08] Kwisher_wrk, thanks, but the port number is different than in backend setup. Which one should I use? [16:09] should be 3306 [16:09] that's the default [16:13] Kwisher_wrk, that was mythical. [16:14] ??? [16:15] Kwisher_wrk, that I had to dig some hidden file in backend to be able to setup a frontend. [16:15] 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] 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] Frontend looks quite different in bare frontend PC than in combined frontend-backend PC. [16:18] jarnos: the ports are for different things [16:18] what do you mean bare [16:21] jarnos: is it working now? [16:22] Kwisher_wrk, at least partly. I could watch TV in the frontend, but voice did not work, [17:39] Kwisher_wrk, but even that works now. Thanks for support! [17:41] jarnos: look into assigning your backend a static ip address to avoid future problems [17:42] the easiest way is with a dhcp reservation in your dhcp server/router [18:02] Kwisher_wrk, do you mean 192.* is not static? When would such problems occur? [18:03] 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] if the pc reboots, it could receive a different ip from that pool [18:04] then you'll be back to where you started today === infinite is now known as Guest87991