[mythtv-users] Cannot run mythbackend with init.d script - runs fine at command prompt.

[drbob]

I've just installed mythtv from the 0.19 debian sarge package. Install 
seemed to go fine but I'm running into a problem starting the backend. 
If I start the backend from a terminal window it loads up and happily 
sits there downloading EIT guide data and waiting for a frontend to 
connect.

If I try to start it using the init script, it fails. Looking in the log 
file I see:

QSqlQuery::exec: database not open
QSqlQuery::exec: database not open
2006-09-30 20:57:50.580 DB Error (KickDatabase):
Query was:
SELECT NULL;
No error type from QSqlError?  Strange...
2006-09-30 20:57:50.639 Failed to init MythContext, exiting.
2006-09-30 21:13:53.852 Using runtime prefix = /usr
2006-09-30 21:13:53.909 New DB connection, total: 1
2006-09-30 21:13:54.041 Unable to connect to database!
2006-09-30 21:13:54.044 Driver error was [1/1045]:
QMYSQL3: Unable to connect
Database error was:
Access denied for user: 'mythtv at localhost' (Using password: YES)

QSqlQuery::exec: database not open
QSqlQuery::exec: database not open
2006-09-30 21:13:54.184 DB Error (KickDatabase):
Query was:
SELECT NULL;
No error type from QSqlError?  Strange...
2006-09-30 21:13:54.243 Failed to init MythContext, exiting.


I could understand the above if there were a problem with the database 
password, however it works fine if I run it from the terminal prompt, 
whether logged in as root or as the mythtv user. Any help would be much 
appreciated.

regards,

drbob