[mythtv-users] Debian install: MySQL problem

[Tim Hoebeek]

Hi everyone,

I'm trying to install MythTV on Debian testing, but I run into some
problems getting the mythtv and mythtv-database packages to install.

When trying apt-get install mythtv, I get the following error:

dpkg: error processing mythtv-database (--configure):
 subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of mythtv:
 mythtv depends on mythtv-database (= 0.18-1); however:
  Package mythtv-database is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing mythtv (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Errors were encountered while processing:
 mythtv-database
 mythtv
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

Then I tried the following:
 ~# dpkg-reconfigure mythtv
 /usr/sbin/dpkg-reconfigure: mythtv is broken or not fully installed
 ~# dpkg-reconfigure mythtv-database
 /usr/sbin/dpkg-reconfigure: mythtv-database is broken or not fully installed
Both aren't installed yet.
dpgk-reconfigure --force doesn't make any difference either.

This is my mysql.user table:
 +-----------+------------------+------------------+
 | host      | user             | password         |
 +-----------+------------------+------------------+
 | localhost | root             |                  |
 | pcname    | root             |                  |
 | localhost |                  |                  |
 | pcname    |                  |                  |
 | localhost | debian-sys-maint | password         |
 | localhost | mythtv           | mythical         | (same pswd as in
/etc/mythtv/mysql.txt)
 +-----------+------------------+------------------+

The mythtv password is now plain text, since I wasn't sure if I was
escaping the special characters correctly.

I don't know what else to try :-(


Thanks,
Tim