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

[Douglas Peale]

On 06/25/2014 08:05 AM, Anthony Griffiths wrote:
> mysqld is running, and I'm trying to run mythtv-setup on the localhost machine, there's no remote machine involved.
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> On Wed, Jun 25, 2014 at 3:39 PM, Raymond Wagner <raymond at wagnerrp.com <mailto:raymond at wagnerrp.com>> wrote:
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>     On 6/25/2014 10:35 AM, Anthony Griffiths wrote:
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>         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.
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>     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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Having just gone through that issue, I'll point you at this thread: https://forum.mythtv.org/viewtopic.php?f=36&t=151

Basically, MythTV saves the database password in multiple places. The current install tool does not do a good job of making them
all agree. You need to find out what the actual password is and make sure that the backend, the frontend, the backendsetup tool,
and mythweb all have that same password.
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