[mythtv-users] Unable to connect to database.

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Am 12.09.2016 um 23:31 schrieb Mark Perkins:
> On 13 September 2016 5:07:38 AM ACST, Forum <forum-da at padaba.de> wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> after upgrading complete System, I've installed MythTV 0.27.0 on Linux
>> Mint. Bevore upgrading, I've had 0.26 installed.
>>
>> To restore Database, I've changed to path
>>          cd /usr/share/mythtv
>> and then I've tried to restore database:
>>          ./mythconverg_restore.pl --directory
>> /var/lib/mythtv/db_backups  --verbose --drop_database --create_database
>>
>> But I've received an error:
>>
>> Unable to connect to database.
>>             database: mythconverg
>>             host: localhost
>>             username: mythtv
>>             password: xxxxxxxx
>>
>> I've tried to reconfigure:
>>      sudo dpkg-reconfigure mythtv-common
>>
>>
>> But this does also not work.
>>
>> Now, it seems that I'm facing the problem that I'm not able to connect
>> to database.
>>
>> Could you help me?
>>
>> Cheers
>>
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> First check that mysql is running.
>
> Then login to mysql from command line using:
> mysql -u**myth_user_id** -p**myth_password**
>
> Assuming your frontend and backend are on the same, local, system.
>
> If cant login from command line will need to know what the error is. Possibly your mythtv user password is different on this install compared to last install.
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How can I check if mysql is running?

If I try to login to mysql from command line, I get an Error:
ERROR 1045 (28000): Access denied for user 'mythtv'@'localhost' (using 
password: YES)