If I start mythbackend from terminal, this is the output:
I've trawled numerous forums and google looking for a solution but none of the suggestions have worked, or the commands return error messages so I'm unable to follow them.everyone@LivingRoomPC:~$ mythbackend
2014-08-07 13:29:54.064986 C mythbackend version: fixes/0.27 [v0.27-196-g3ca3f6d] http://www.mythtv.org
2014-08-07 13:29:54.065003 C Qt version: compile: 4.8.6, runtime: 4.8.6
2014-08-07 13:29:54.065006 N Enabled verbose msgs: general
2014-08-07 13:29:54.065013 N Setting Log Level to LOG_INFO
2014-08-07 13:29:54.065555 I Added logging to the console
2014-08-07 13:29:54.065648 I Setup Interrupt handler
2014-08-07 13:29:54.065657 I Setup Terminated handler
2014-08-07 13:29:54.065665 I Setup Segmentation fault handler
2014-08-07 13:29:54.065672 I Setup Aborted handler
2014-08-07 13:29:54.065678 I Setup Bus error handler
2014-08-07 13:29:54.065685 I Setup Floating point exception handler
2014-08-07 13:29:54.065693 I Setup Illegal instruction handler
2014-08-07 13:29:54.065702 I Setup Real-time signal 0 handler
2014-08-07 13:29:54.065732 N Using runtime prefix = /usr/local
2014-08-07 13:29:54.065741 N Using configuration directory = /home/everyone/.mythtv
2014-08-07 13:29:54.065825 I Assumed character encoding: en_GB.UTF-8
2014-08-07 13:29:54.066439 I Using localhost value of LoungeMythTV
2014-08-07 13:29:54.066489 I Testing network connectivity to '192.168.0.6'
2014-08-07 13:29:54.067096 I Starting process manager
2014-08-07 13:29:54.067326 I Starting IO manager (read)
2014-08-07 13:29:54.067364 I Starting process signal handler
2014-08-07 13:29:54.069137 I Starting IO manager (write)
Cannot login to database
Would you like to configure the database connection now? [no] 2014-08-07 13:29:54.173873 E Unable to connect to database!
2014-08-07 13:29:54.173890 E Driver error was [1/2003]:
QMYSQL: Unable to connect
Database error was:
Can't connect to MySQL server on '192.168.0.6' (111)
2014-08-07 13:29:54.297707 I Starting mythlogserver
2014-08-07 13:29:54.468217 I Added logging to mythlogserver at TCP:35327
2014-08-07 13:29:59.177349 I Starting mythlogserver
2014-08-07 13:30:29.136039 I Starting mythlogserver
2014-08-07 13:30:59.109059 I Starting mythlogserver
q
2014-08-07 13:31:24.522911 C Failed to init MythContext.
I'd really appreciate help on getting the backend server working, as this has got me stumped