It is a bug in mythbuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/mythbuntu/+bug/221532 Here is the relevant part: Look in /etc/mythtv/mysql.txt and note the password Look in /etc/apache2/sites-available/mythweb.conf and note the password Put the password from mysql.txt into mythweb.conf then reloaded apache (sudo /etc/init.d/apache2 restart) Allen