[mythtv] Configuraton trouble

[Matt Zimmerman]

On Sat, Jan 18, 2003 at 04:59:18PM -0800, Craig Black wrote:

> Wierd mythtv wouldn't install via apt-get anyone have any ideas?
> 
> DBI->connect(host=localhost;database=) failed: Can't connect to local MySQL 
> server through socket '/var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock' (2) at -e line 5
> Can't call method "do" on an undefined value at -e line 6, <> line 1.
> dpkg: error processing mythtv (--configure):
>  subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 255
> Errors were encountered while processing:
>  mythtv
> E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

Usually, this means that you need to specify the correct root password for
your mysql installation.

# dpkg-reconfigure --force mythtv

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 - mdz