I have a combo Front/Backend box. It's configured with 127.0.0.1 as the database location. I want to setup an additional Frontend so I followed the instructions and changed the 127.0.0.1 to the server's real address. Now, the backend doesn't want to run and the frontend can't find the backend...

Here is the mythfilldatabase logs:

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| Attempting to contact the master backend for rescheduling. |
| If the master is not running, rescheduling will happen when |
| the master backend is restarted. |
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2007-01-08 16:08:16.448 Connecting to backend server: 192.168.1.88:6543 (try 1 of 5)
2007-01-08 16:08:16.449 Connection timed out.
You probably should modify the Master Server
settings in the setup program and set the
proper IP address.
2007-01-08 16:08:16.449 Error rescheduling id -1 in ScheduledRecording::signalChange
2007-01-08 16:08:16.449 Connecting to backend server: 192.168.1.88:6543 (try 1 of 5)
2007-01-08 16:08:16.449 Connection timed out.
You probably should modify the Master Server
settings in the setup program and set the
proper IP address.
2007-01-08 16:08:16.450 mythfilldatabase run complete.

If I try to run the local Frontend, it says the IP address is not correct for the backend (and it's not running).

I guess I'll just go back to 127.0.0.1 for now and hope things start working again....

Well I guess I might have asked for help too soon.

I tried resetting everything back to 127.0.0.1 and it still didn't work. I changed everything back to the "real" IP address and rebooted. The Front/backend server is running fine now on the "real" IP address.

Now I guess I can finish testing....

did you try to use and then restart mysql,and the BE and FE ?