[mythtv-users] MythTV Backend Setup fails on first steps

[Dick Steffens]

I installed MythTV 0.27 on my Ubuntu 12.04 system.

When I run

     Applications -> System Tools -> Administration -> MythTV Backend Setup

the first screen wants me to "Select the country in which you currently 
reside", followed by  "Select your preferred language". In both cases I 
accept the defaults of "United States United States" and "English 
(United States)". Then I use the right arrow key to move to the "Save" 
button. Pressing <Enter> takes me to a screen that says, "MythTV could 
not connect to the database. Please verify your database setting below." 
Those setting are:

     Hostname: localhost
     Port: 3306
     Database name: mythconverg
     User: mythtv
     Password: mythtv

The "Next" button takes me to the Database Configuration 2/2 screen, and 
"Finish" takes me back to the first screen.

ps ax | grep mysql returns:

1147 ?    Ssl   0:07 /usr/sbin/mysqld


mysql> show databases; returns:

     Database
     ---------------------------------
     information_schema
     mysql
     mythconverg
     performance_schema
     test

What do I need to do to figure out whatever isn't right here and fix it?

Thanks.

-- 
Regards,

Dick Steffens