[mythtv-users] QMYSQL3 driver not loaded - how do you
reinstall support?
James Pifer
jep at obrien-pifer.com
Thu Aug 19 21:08:19 EDT 2004
On Thu, 2004-08-19 at 15:54, James Pifer wrote:
> On Thu, 2004-08-19 at 15:15, Joseph A. Caputo wrote:
> > On Thursday 19 August 2004 14:24, James Pifer wrote:
> > > I have a machine that is a frontend only mythbackend and mysql run on
> > > another machine. I have read through section 6 of the docs and
> > > searched the archives.
> > >
> > > When I try to run the frontend I get:
> > > mythfrontend
> > > QSqlDatabase: QMYSQL3 driver not loaded
> > > QSqlDatabase: available drivers:
> > > QSqlDatabase: QMYSQL3 driver not loaded
> > > QSqlDatabase: available drivers:
> > > Unable to connect to database!
> > > No error type from QSqlError? Strange...
> > > couldn't open db
> > >
> > > I've modified /usr/share/mythtv/mysql.txt
> > > I can manually connect to mysql as the mythtv user
> > >
> > > qt-MySQL is installed
> >
> > Qt says otherwise.
> >
> > > I get:
> >
> > [snip]
> >
> > > How do I reinstall qt-MySQL correctly so I can run mythfrontend? Do I
> > > have to have mysql server loaded locally first to get it installed
> > > correctly?
> >
> > What kind of system do you have? If you're on an apt-enabled system,
> > you could:
> >
> > apt-get remove qt-MySQL
> > apt-get install qt-MySQL
> >
> > if you're on an RPM system (without apt), you could:
> >
> > rpm -e qt-MySQL
> > rpm -ivh <rpm file for qt-MySQL>
> >
> > Also, make sure your main Qt installation is OK. Is $QTDIR set properly
> > in your shell? Do you have multiple versions of Qt installed (i.e.,
> > maybe compiled one from source without enabling --plugin-sql-mysql)?
> >
> > -JAC
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>
> I'm running on Fedora Core 1. I use apt-get to install mythtv-suite,
> then removed mysql and the mythtv modules. Then I installed from CVS.
>
> My system shows the following RPMs installed with qt in the name.
> PyQt 3.12-0.fdr.2.1
> PyQt-devel 3.12-0.fdr.2.
> qt 3.3.2-10.3.1.kde
> qt-designer 3.3.2-10.3.1.kde
> qt-devel 3.3.2-10.3.1.kde
> qt-MySQL 3.3.2-10.3.1.kde
>
> $QTDIR appears to be set properly:
> QTDIR=/usr/lib/qt-3.3
>
> I reinstalled qt-MySQL as you suggested and now I am resintalling
> mythtv. (make clean;./configure;qmake mythtv.pro;make;make install).
>
> I'll see if I get farther.
>
> Thanks,
> James
>
After all that I still get the same thing. Any suggestions now?
Fedora Core 1
Using apt
Have CVS installed AFTER mythtv-suite
Should I reinstall mythtv-suite from apt?
Thanks,
James
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