[mythtv-users] common noob question

Nicolas Frazier nickfrazier1 at gmail.com
Tue Apr 29 05:20:41 UTC 2008


I have gotten stuck during mythtv installation. I cannot connect to a
database for myth. Using the information listed below can someone help me
through the process?


nick at nick-laptop:~$ sudo -H -u mythtv mythfilldatabase
[sudo] password for nick:
2008-04-29 00:44:52.282 Using runtime prefix = /usr, libdir = /usr/lib
2008-04-29 00:44:52.362 Empty LocalHostName.
2008-04-29 00:44:52.363 Using localhost value of nick-laptop
2008-04-29 00:44:52.552 New DB connection, total: 1
2008-04-29 00:44:52.585 Unable to connect to database!
2008-04-29 00:44:52.585 Driver error was [1/1045]:
QMYSQL3: Unable to connect
Database error was:
Access denied for user 'mythtv'@'localhost' (using password: YES)

QSqlQuery::exec: database not open
QSqlQuery::exec: database not open
2008-04-29 00:44:52.641 DB Error (KickDatabase):
Query was:
SELECT NULL;
No error type from QSqlError?  Strange...
QServerSocket: failed to bind or listen to the socket
2008-04-29 00:44:52.697 MCP::InitUPnP() - HttpServer Create Error
2008-04-29 00:44:52.697 Deleting UPnP client...
2008-04-29 00:44:52.699 No UPnP backends found

No UPnP backends found

Would you like to configure the database connection now? [yes]
Database host name: [localhost]
Should I test connectivity to this host using the ping command? [yes]
Database non-default port: [0]
Database name: [mythconverg]
Database user name: [mythtv]
Database password: [mypassword]
Unique identifier for this machine (if empty, the local host name will be
used):
Would you like to use Wake-On-LAN to retry database connections? [no]
2008-04-29 00:45:02.910 Unable to connect to database!
2008-04-29 00:45:02.910 Driver error was [1/1045]:
QMYSQL3: Unable to connect
Database error was:
Access denied for user 'mythtv'@'localhost' (using password: YES)

QSqlQuery::exec: database not open
QSqlQuery::exec: database not open
2008-04-29 00:45:02.961 DB Error (KickDatabase):
Query was:
SELECT NULL;
No error type from QSqlError?  Strange...
2008-04-29 00:45:03.011 Cannot login to database?
2008-04-29 00:45:03.011 Cannot login to database?

Cannot login to database?

Would you like to configure the database connection now? [yes]
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