[mythtv-users] [mythtv] MythTV Raspberry Pi2 frontend testers

[Joseph Fry]

On Wed, Nov 18, 2015 at 2:52 PM, Jerry <mythtv at hambone.e4ward.com> wrote:

> On Wed, Nov 18, 2015 at 2:42 PM, Joseph Fry <joe at thefrys.com> wrote:
>
>> So, got it installed on Raspbian Wheezy, when I run it I get the DB
>> configuration window, then it restarts and gives me a black screen with a
>> mouse cursor (if I move the mouse).
>>
>> Really cool that this appears to be running in directfb, no need for X!
>> Even cooler if I could get the frontend to display.
>>
>> Am I missing something?  If I could switch to the console and see the
>> output I may be able to figure out where its failing, but I don't know how
>> to kill it without a reboot (ctrl-alt-del).
>>
>>
> Thanks to your tip for using Wheezy, I think I'm at the same place as you
> are.
>
> If you redirect the output of mythfrontend to a text file, you'll see the
> problem.  Mine can't find the backend, and it looks like the reason is that
> the mysql libraries aren't loading.
>
> Here is what I see in the terminal:
>
> 2015-11-18 14:33:23.796232 E  MSqlDatabase::OpenDatabase(), db object is
> not valid!
>
> and from (I think) stderr:
>
> QSqlDatabase: QMYSQL driver not loaded
> QSqlDatabase: available drivers: QMYSQL QMYSQL3
>
> But it is close!
>
>
for some reason pressing esc a couple of times finally cleared the blank
window... maybe I waited long enough for something to timeout.

for some reason mine keeps trying to connect to backed on localhost...
suggesting that it failed to use the configuration I specified... the
config.xml is correct.

But I do also see the "QMYSQL driver not loaded" message.
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