Prior to R5E50, I'd open /etc/mysql/my.cnf and comment out "skip-networking". Instead of "skip-networking" appearing in my.cnf, there's now a note:

# Instead of skip-networking the default is now to listen only on
# localhost which is more compatible and is not less secure.

I'm sorry, but I don't know what that means. I'm sure it's saying the procedure is now different, but it doesn't say what that new procedure is. I've upgraded my mbe and sbe, and sure enough, the sbe can't see the mbe.

What's the new procedure? Thanks for your help.

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AMD Athlon XP 2800+
MSI K7N2 Delta2 ATX w/FX5200 AGP video
2X256MB PC3200 RAM
Maxtor 250GB drive (master on IDE 1)
Pioneer DVR-109 (master on IDE 2)
Antec Overture II ATX case with 330watts
Hauppauge 250 in PCI slot 2

Comment out the bind-address line.

Thank you very much.

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AMD Athlon XP 2800+
MSI K7N2 Delta2 ATX w/FX5200 AGP video
2X256MB PC3200 RAM
Maxtor 250GB drive (master on IDE 1)
Pioneer DVR-109 (master on IDE 2)
Antec Overture II ATX case with 330watts
Hauppauge 250 in PCI slot 2