[mythtv-users] Debian install: MySQL problem

Stef Coene stef.coene at docum.org
Sun May 15 21:21:02 UTC 2005


On Sunday 15 May 2005 22:48, Tim Hoebeek wrote:
> 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 :-(
Are there no more errors when you install or reconfigure mythtv ????


Stef


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