[mythtv-users] mysqld & mythbackend will not start automatically on restart

[Ian Evans]

On Tue, Oct 2, 2012 at 12:51 PM, Bill Meek <keemllib at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 10/02/2012 08:44 AM, R. G. Newbury wrote:
> ...
>
>>
>> And the full command line would be:  service mysql start (or possibly
>> service mysqd start, depending on the name of the script in /etc/init.d/)
>> and service mythtv-backend start
>
>
> The configuration file is /etc/init/mysql.conf, so: sudo service mysql start
> works.
>
>
>> Fedora has a program chkconfig which can show and set the startup status
>> of all of the services handled through /etc/init.d. I have no idea if
>> it exists in Mythbuntu.
>
> ...
>
> Thanks for that. *buntu, as of 12.04, has some jobs that haven't been
> converted to
> upstart.
>
> chkconfig isn't installed, however it can be with sudo apt-get install
> chkconfig.
>
> This (for example:)
>
>   initctl show-config mysql
>
> looks to be its upstart counterpart and shows:
>
>  mysql
>   start on runlevel [2345]
>   stop on starting rc RUNLEVEL=[016]
>
> --
> Bill

facing the same problem tonight. After a reboot of my mythbuntu 12/04
box, mysql didn't start. sudo start mysql gives me a job failed. Huge
WAF problem here!