XMBC and MySQL

[mk01]

I suppose the problem will be in the defaults of mysql accepting connections only from localhost for you user xbmc. You can check that by using the "mysql" tool.

Code:

mysql -h localhost -u XXXX -p
connect mysql;
select Host,User,Password from user;

if there is no "%" in the "Host" column for a specific user (% means any host), you can update the table with

Code:

update user set Host='%' where User='youruser';

check some guides or install Windows client to manage mysql DBs - http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/tools/workbench/