[mythtv-users] 'mythtv could not connect to the database' insanity

[Anthony Griffiths]

mysqld is running, and I'm trying to run mythtv-setup on the localhost
machine, there's no remote machine involved.


On Wed, Jun 25, 2014 at 3:39 PM, Raymond Wagner <raymond at wagnerrp.com>
wrote:

> On 6/25/2014 10:35 AM, Anthony Griffiths wrote:
>
>> I'm running fedora 20 64 bit and I've installed mythtv twice, once using
>> yum and the second using git and compiling, both times I get stuck in an
>> insane loop of 'mythtv could not connect to the database'. And trawling
>> google I see no straightforward solution to this which is nuts. How do I
>> get past this stuck point?
>> I've tried creating a mysql databae called mythconverg with user tony,
>> and a password but I still get back to this loop. I've disabled the
>> firewall but still no joy. This is really frustrating so thanks for any
>> help.
>>
>
> Check your process list to ensure the database server is actually running.
>  If you've told MythTV to access the database from a network accessible
> address, make sure your database server is actually configured to listen on
> the network, and not just loopback.
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