[mythtv-users] I broke my mythTV, help!

Douglas Peale Douglas_Peale at comcast.net
Wed Nov 7 17:32:21 UTC 2018 

On 11/6/18 10:49 PM, Stephen Worthington wrote:
> On Tue, 6 Nov 2018 20:56:08 -0800, you wrote:
>
>> On 11/6/18 8:31 PM, Stephen Worthington wrote:
>>> On Tue, 6 Nov 2018 19:32:14 -0800, you wrote:
>>>
>>>> I put the mythbackend.system back in place since removing it did not improve anything, and the system was working with both
>>>> files in place before I swapped my /home raid.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> $ sudo systemctl cat mythbackend
>>>>
>>>> # /etc/systemd/system/mythbackend.service
>>>> [Unit]
>>>> Description=MythTV backend service
>>>> # The following line will cause mythbackend to be terminated if the database dies.
>>>> # If you do not want this then use a weaker binding such as "Requires" or "Wants".
>>>> BindsTo=mysql.service
>>>> Wants=network-online.target
>>>> After=mysql.service network-online.target
>>>>
>>>> # Persistently named adapters
>>>> # Needs a systemd tag added to your udev persistent naming rules
>>>> #Requires=dev-dvb-adapter0-frontend0.device
>>>> #After=dev-dvb-adapter0-frontend0.device
>>>>
>>>> [Service]
>>>> # Wait for a dbus notification from mythbackend before starting other services
>>>> # This is enabled by default 0.28 onwards (may be in 0.27 as well)
>>>> # To disable this change type to simple
>>>> Type=notify
>>>> NotifyAccess=main
>>>>
>>>> # Allow core dumps
>>>> # The core resource limit on the user specified below can reduce what
>>>> # is specified here. So it needs to be set as well.
>>>> LimitCORE=infinity
>>>>
>>>> User=mythtv
>>>>
>>>> StandardOutput=null
>>>> StandardError=journal
>>>>
>>>> ExecStart=/full/path/to/mythbackend $MYTHBACKEND_ARGS
>>>>
>>>> [Install]
>>>> WantedBy=multi-user.target
>>>>
>>>> # /etc/systemd/system/mythbackend.service.d/environment.conf
>>>> [Service]
>>>> # Command line arguments to be passed by systemd to mythbackend on startup.
>>>> # This variable must be defined or the service will not start.
>>>> Environment="MYTHBACKEND_ARGS=--logpath=/home/roger/logs --verbose=none,dvbsicache,tempdebug:debug"
>>>>
>>>> # Environment variables for the mythbackend program itself
>>>> Environment=MYTHCONFDIR=/etc/mythtv
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> $ sudo systemctl cat mythtv-backend
>>>> # /lib/systemd/system/mythtv-backend.service
>>>> [Unit]
>>>> Description=MythTV Backend
>>>> Documentation=https://www.mythtv.org/wiki/Mythbackend
>>>> After=mysql.service network.target
>>>>  
>>>> [Service]
>>>> User=mythtv
>>>> EnvironmentFile=-/etc/mythtv/additional.args
>>>> ExecStart=/usr/bin/mythbackend --quiet --syslog local7 $ADDITIONAL_ARGS
>>>> StartLimitBurst=10
>>>> StartLimitInterval=10m
>>>> Restart=on-failure
>>>> RestartSec=1
>>>>  
>>>> [Install]
>>>> WantedBy=multi-user.target
>>>>
>>> I do not think you have said yet what distro you are running.  If it
>>> is Ubuntu, then you definitely do not want the
>>> /lib/systemd/system/mythbackend.service file - you must have created
>>> it yourself, as it is not part of any Ubuntu package.  And the
>>> mythbackend.service file will not ever work as it currently is, since
>>> its ExecStart line is invalid - it does not have the correct path to
>>> find the mythbackend executable file.  So if you are running Ubuntu, I
>>> would recommend that you delete
>>> /lib/systemd/system/mythbackend.service.  It is a red herring.
>>>
>>> In Ubuntu from 16.04+, mythbackend is run by systemd from the
>>> /lib/systemd/system/mythtv-backend.service file.  To find out what
>>> that file is doing, use this command:
>>>
>>> sudo systemctl status mythtv-backend
>>>
>>> To make sure that mythtv-backend.service is enabled and that it has
>>> tried to start mythbackend, do these commands:
>>>
>>> sudo systemctl daemon-reload
>>> sudo systemctl enable mythtv-backend
>>> sudo systemctl start mythtv-backend
>>>
>>> Those commands tell systemd to 1) re-read all its configuration files,
>>> 2) set up the mythtv-backend.service unit so that it will
>>> automatically be started at boot time, and 3) start the
>>> mythtv-backend.service unit.  Which hopefully will then attempt to
>>> start mythbackend.
>>>
>>> Then repeat this command:
>>>
>>> sudo systemctl status mythtv-backend
>>>
>>> and you can also take a look at /var/log/mythtv/mythbackend.log to see
>>> more detail about mythbackend starting up or not.
>>>
>>> To check if there are any override config files installed for
>>> mythtv-backend.service, it would be helpful to see the output of:
>>>
>>> sudo systemctl cat mythtv-backend
>> I had included that in the last e-mail, but I will include it again at the end of this one.
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>> I think I have done something similar before with the same result.
>>
>> I can assure you that I did not create the mythbackend.service file, I do not know enough about systemd to attempt that.
>>
>> I am running Linux Mint Cinnamon version 19
>>
>> System:    Host: Compromise Kernel: 4.15.0-38-generic x86_64 bits: 64 gcc: 7.3.0
>>           Desktop: Cinnamon 3.8.9 (Gtk 3.22.30-1ubuntu1) dm: lightdm Distro: Linux Mint 19 Tara
>> Machine:   Device: desktop Mobo: ASUSTeK model: P6T DELUXE v: Rev 1.xx serial: N/A
>>           BIOS: American Megatrends v: 2209 date: 09/21/2010
>> CPU:       Quad core Intel Core i7 920 (-MT-MCP-) arch: Nehalem rev.4 cache: 8192 KB
>>           flags: (lm nx sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx) bmips: 21382
>>           clock speeds: min/max: 1600/2668 MHz 1: 1703 MHz 2: 1849 MHz 3: 1722 MHz 4: 1714 MHz
>>           5: 1736 MHz 6: 1824 MHz 7: 1711 MHz 8: 1789 MHz
>> Graphics:  Card: NVIDIA GM200 [GeForce GTX 980 Ti] bus-ID: 02:00.0 chip-ID: 10de:17c8
>>           Display Server: x11 (X.Org 1.19.6 )
>>           drivers: nvidia (unloaded: modesetting,fbdev,vesa,nouveau)
>>           Resolution: 3840x2160 at 60.00hz, 2560x1600 at 59.86hz
>>           OpenGL: renderer: GeForce GTX 980 Ti/PCIe/SSE2 version: 4.6.0 NVIDIA 390.77 Direct Render: Yes
>> Audio:     Card-1 NVIDIA GM200 High Def. Audio driver: snd_hda_intel bus-ID: 02:00.1 chip-ID: 10de:0fb0
>>           Card-2 Intel 82801JI (ICH10 Family) HD Audio Controller
>>           driver: snd_hda_intel bus-ID: 00:1b.0 chip-ID: 8086:3a3e
>>           Card-3 Microsoft driver: USB Audio usb-ID: 001-003 chip-ID: 045e:0811
>>           Sound: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture v: k4.15.0-38-generic
>> Network:   Card-1: Marvell 88E8056 PCI-E Gigabit Ethernet Controller
>>           driver: sky2 v: 1.30 port: c800 bus-ID: 04:00.0 chip-ID: 11ab:4364
>>           IF: enp4s0 state: up speed: 1000 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>
>>           Card-2: Marvell 88E8056 PCI-E Gigabit Ethernet Controller
>>           driver: sky2 v: 1.30 port: d800 bus-ID: 05:00.0 chip-ID: 11ab:4364
>>           IF: enp5s0 state: down mac: <filter>
>> Drives:    HDD Total Size: 21622.0GB (9.5% used)
>>           ID-1: /dev/sda model: OCZ size: 120.0GB serial: <filter>
>>           ID-2: /dev/sdd model: WDC_WD100EFAX size: 10000.8GB serial: <filter>
>>           ID-3: /dev/sde model: ST31500341AS size: 1500.3GB serial: <filter>
>>           ID-4: /dev/sdo model: WDC_WD100EFAX size: 10000.8GB serial: <filter>
>> Partition: ID-1: / size: 110G used: 21G (20%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda1
>> RAID:      System: supported: raid1 linear multipath raid0 raid6 raid5 raid4 raid10
>>           Device-1: /dev/md1 - active components: online: sdo[1] sdd[0]
>>           Info: raid: 1 report: 2/2 UU blocks: 9766304768 chunk size: N/A bitmap: true super blocks: 1.2
>>           Unused Devices: none
>> Sensors:   System Temperatures: cpu: 46.0C mobo: 47.0C gpu: 0.0:60C
>>           Fan Speeds (in rpm): cpu: 1406 psu: 0 sys-1: 0 sys-2: 1196 sys-3: 1163
>> Repos:     Active apt sources in file: /etc/apt/sources.list
>>           deb http: //download.alephobjects.com/ao/aodeb buster main
>>           Active apt sources in file: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/freecad-maintainers-freecad-stable-bionic.list
>>           deb http: //ppa.launchpad.net/freecad-maintainers/freecad-stable/ubuntu bionic main
>>           deb-src http: //ppa.launchpad.net/freecad-maintainers/freecad-stable/ubuntu bionic main
>>           Active apt sources in file: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/google-earth-pro.list
>>           deb http: //dl.google.com/linux/earth/deb/ stable main
>>           Active apt sources in file: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/kdenlive-kdenlive-stable-bionic.list
>>           deb http: //ppa.launchpad.net/kdenlive/kdenlive-stable/ubuntu bionic main
>>           deb-src http: //ppa.launchpad.net/kdenlive/kdenlive-stable/ubuntu bionic main
>>           Active apt sources in file: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/official-package-repositories.list
>>           deb http: //mirrors.kernel.org/linuxmint-packages tara main upstream import backport
>>           deb http: //mirror.math.ucdavis.edu/ubuntu bionic main restricted universe multiverse
>>           deb http: //mirror.math.ucdavis.edu/ubuntu bionic-updates main restricted universe multiverse
>>           deb http: //mirror.math.ucdavis.edu/ubuntu bionic-backports main restricted universe multiverse
>>           deb http: //security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ bionic-security main restricted universe multiverse
>>           deb http: //archive.canonical.com/ubuntu/ bionic partner
>>           Active apt sources in file: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/openscad-releases-bionic.list
>>           deb http: //ppa.launchpad.net/openscad/releases/ubuntu bionic main
>>           deb-src http: //ppa.launchpad.net/openscad/releases/ubuntu bionic main
>>           Active apt sources in file: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/skype-stable.list
>>           deb [arch=amd64] https: //repo.skype.com/deb stable main
>> Info:      Processes: 302 Uptime: 1:30 Memory: 3147.3/5950.4MB
>>           Init: systemd v: 237 runlevel: 5 Gcc sys: 7.3.0 Client: Unknown python3.6 client inxi: 2.3.56
>>
>> Here is a capture of the sequence of commands you requested. 
>>
>> 20:38:23:/etc/systemd/system
>> $ sudo mv mythbackend.service* ~
>> dpeale at Compromise 20:38:43:/etc/systemd/system
>> $ cd
>> 20:39:01:~
>> $ sudo systemctl status mythtv-backend
>> ? mythtv-backend.service - MythTV Backend
>>    Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/mythtv-backend.service; enabled; vendor preset: enabled)
>>    Active: failed (Result: exit-code) since Tue 2018-11-06 19:15:00 PST; 1h 24min ago
>>      Docs: https://www.mythtv.org/wiki/Mythbackend
>>   Process: 2309 ExecStart=/usr/bin/mythbackend --quiet --syslog local7 $ADDITIONAL_ARGS (code=exited, status=130)
>>  Main PID: 2309 (code=exited, status=130)
>>
>> Nov 06 19:15:00 Compromise systemd[1]: mythtv-backend.service: Service hold-off time over, scheduling restart.
>> Nov 06 19:15:00 Compromise systemd[1]: mythtv-backend.service: Scheduled restart job, restart counter is at 10.
>> Nov 06 19:15:00 Compromise systemd[1]: Stopped MythTV Backend.
>> Nov 06 19:15:00 Compromise systemd[1]: mythtv-backend.service: Start request repeated too quickly.
>> Nov 06 19:15:00 Compromise systemd[1]: mythtv-backend.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'.
>> Nov 06 19:15:00 Compromise systemd[1]: Failed to start MythTV Backend.
>> 20:39:46:~
>> $ sudo systemctl daemon-reload
>> 20:40:08:~
>> $ sudo systemctl enable mythtv-backend
>> Synchronizing state of mythtv-backend.service with SysV service script with /lib/systemd/systemd-sysv-install.
>> Executing: /lib/systemd/systemd-sysv-install enable mythtv-backend
>> 20:40:27:~
>> $ sudo systemctl start mythtv-backend
>> 20:40:53:~
>> $ sudo systemctl status mythtv-backend
>> ? mythtv-backend.service - MythTV Backend
>>    Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/mythtv-backend.service; enabled; vendor preset: enabled)
>>    Active: active (running) since Tue 2018-11-06 20:40:53 PST; 5s ago
>>      Docs: https://www.mythtv.org/wiki/Mythbackend
>>  Main PID: 6898 (mythbackend)
>>     Tasks: 8 (limit: 4915)
>>    CGroup: /system.slice/mythtv-backend.service
>>            ??6898 /usr/bin/mythbackend --quiet --syslog local7
>>
>> Nov 06 20:40:53 Compromise mythbackend[6898]: mythbackend[6898]: I CoreContext mythcontext.cpp:852 (TestDBconnection) Start up
>> testing connections. DB localhost, BE , attempt 0
>> Nov 06 20:40:53 Compromise mythbackend[6898]: mythbackend[6898]: I LogForward loggingserver.cpp:302 (SyslogLogger) Added syslogging
>> Nov 06 20:40:54 Compromise mythbackend[6898]: mythbackend[6898]: E CoreContext mythdbcon.cpp:242 (OpenDatabase) [DBManager0]
>> Unable to connect to database!
>> Nov 06 20:40:54 Compromise mythbackend[6898]: mythbackend[6898]: E CoreContext mythdbcon.cpp:243 (OpenDatabase) Driver error was
>> [1/1045]:
>>                                               QMYSQL: Unable to connect
>>                                               Database error was:
>>                                               Access denied for user 'mythtv'@'localhost' (using password: YES)
>> Nov 06 20:40:55 Compromise mythbackend[6898]: mythbackend[6898]: I CoreContext mythcontext.cpp:971 (TestDBconnection) Start up
>> failure. host localhost, status dbStartedFail
>> Nov 06 20:40:55 Compromise mythbackend[6898]: mythbackend[6898]: I CoreContext mythcontext.cpp:1127 (UPnPautoconf) UPNP Search 2
>> secs
>> Nov 06 20:40:56 Compromise mythbackend[6898]: mythbackend[6898]: I CoreContext mythcontext.cpp:1142 (UPnPautoconf) UPNP Search 1
>> secs
>> Nov 06 20:40:56 Compromise mythbackend[6898]: mythbackend[6898]: I CoreContext mythcontext.cpp:1142 (UPnPautoconf) UPNP Search 1
>> secs
>> Nov 06 20:40:56 Compromise mythbackend[6898]: mythbackend[6898]: I CoreContext mythcontext.cpp:1142 (UPnPautoconf) UPNP Search 1
>> secs
>> Nov 06 20:40:57 Compromise mythbackend[6898]: mythbackend[6898]: I CoreContext mythcontext.cpp:1152 (UPnPautoconf) No UPnP
>> backends found
>> 20:41:07:~
>> $
>>
>>
>> mythbackend.log seems to be repeating the following over and over again:
>>
>> Nov  6 20:41:57 Compromise mythbackend: mythbackend[7003]: C thread_unknown mythcommandlineparser.cpp:2619 (ConfigureLogging)
>> mythbackend version: fixes/29 [v29.1-13-g329c235] www.mythtv.org
>> Nov  6 20:41:57 Compromise mythbackend: mythbackend[7003]: C thread_unknown mythcommandlineparser.cpp:2621 (ConfigureLogging) Qt
>> version: compile: 5.9.4, runtime: 5.9.5
>> Nov  6 20:41:57 Compromise mythbackend: mythbackend[7003]: N thread_unknown mythcommandlineparser.cpp:2623 (ConfigureLogging)
>> Enabled verbose msgs:  general
>> Nov  6 20:41:57 Compromise mythbackend: mythbackend[7003]: N thread_unknown logging.cpp:927 (logStart) Setting Log Level to LOG_INFO
>> Nov  6 20:41:57 Compromise mythbackend: mythbackend[7003]: I Logger logging.cpp:313 (run) Added logging to the console
>> Nov  6 20:41:57 Compromise mythbackend: mythbackend[7003]: I thread_unknown signalhandling.cpp:194 (SetHandlerPrivate) Setup
>> Interrupt handler
>> Nov  6 20:41:57 Compromise mythbackend: mythbackend[7003]: I thread_unknown signalhandling.cpp:194 (SetHandlerPrivate) Setup
>> Terminated handler
>> Nov  6 20:41:57 Compromise mythbackend: mythbackend[7003]: I thread_unknown signalhandling.cpp:194 (SetHandlerPrivate) Setup
>> Segmentation fault handler
>> Nov  6 20:41:57 Compromise mythbackend: mythbackend[7003]: I thread_unknown signalhandling.cpp:194 (SetHandlerPrivate) Setup
>> Aborted handler
>> Nov  6 20:41:57 Compromise mythbackend: mythbackend[7003]: I thread_unknown signalhandling.cpp:194 (SetHandlerPrivate) Setup Bus
>> error handler
>> Nov  6 20:41:57 Compromise mythbackend: mythbackend[7003]: I thread_unknown signalhandling.cpp:194 (SetHandlerPrivate) Setup
>> Floating point exception handler
>> Nov  6 20:41:57 Compromise mythbackend: mythbackend[7003]: I thread_unknown signalhandling.cpp:194 (SetHandlerPrivate) Setup
>> Illegal instruction handler
>> Nov  6 20:41:57 Compromise mythbackend: mythbackend[7003]: I thread_unknown signalhandling.cpp:194 (SetHandlerPrivate) Setup
>> Real-time signal 0 handler
>> Nov  6 20:41:57 Compromise mythbackend: mythbackend[7003]: I thread_unknown signalhandling.cpp:194 (SetHandlerPrivate) Setup
>> Hangup handler
>> Nov  6 20:41:57 Compromise mythbackend: mythbackend[7003]: N thread_unknown mythdirs.cpp:195 (InitializeMythDirs) Using runtime
>> prefix = /usr
>> Nov  6 20:41:57 Compromise mythbackend: mythbackend[7003]: N thread_unknown mythdirs.cpp:197 (InitializeMythDirs) Using
>> configuration directory = /home/mythtv/.mythtv
>> Nov  6 20:41:57 Compromise mythbackend: mythbackend[7003]: I CoreContext mythcorecontext.cpp:271 (Init) Assumed character
>> encoding: en_US.UTF-8
>> Nov  6 20:41:57 Compromise mythbackend: mythbackend[7003]: E CoreContext mythdbparams.cpp:39 (IsValid) DBHostName is not set in
>> config.xml
>> Nov  6 20:41:57 Compromise mythbackend: mythbackend[7003]: E CoreContext mythdbparams.cpp:39 (IsValid) DBHostName is not set in
>> config.xml
>> Nov  6 20:41:57 Compromise mythbackend: mythbackend[7003]: N CoreContext mythcontext.cpp:599 (LoadDatabaseSettings) Empty
>> LocalHostName.
>> Nov  6 20:41:57 Compromise mythbackend: mythbackend[7003]: I CoreContext mythcontext.cpp:607 (LoadDatabaseSettings) Using
>> localhost value of Compromise
>> Nov  6 20:41:57 Compromise mythbackend: mythbackend[7003]: I CoreContext mythcontext.cpp:852 (TestDBconnection) Start up testing
>> connections. DB localhost, BE , attempt 0, status dbAwake
>> Nov  6 20:41:57 Compromise mythbackend: mythbackend[7003]: I LogForward loggingserver.cpp:302 (SyslogLogger) Added syslogging
>> Nov  6 20:41:58 Compromise mythbackend: mythbackend[7003]: E CoreContext mythdbcon.cpp:242 (OpenDatabase) [DBManager0] Unable to
>> connect to database!
>> Nov  6 20:41:58 Compromise mythbackend: mythbackend[7003]: E CoreContext mythdbcon.cpp:243 (OpenDatabase) Driver error was
>> [1/1045]:#012QMYSQL: Unable to connect#012Database error was:#012Access denied for user 'mythtv'@'localhost' (using password: YES)
>> Nov  6 20:41:59 Compromise mythbackend: mythbackend[7003]: I CoreContext mythcontext.cpp:971 (TestDBconnection) Start up
>> failure. host localhost, status dbStartedFail
>> Nov  6 20:41:59 Compromise mythbackend: mythbackend[7003]: I CoreContext mythcontext.cpp:1127 (UPnPautoconf) UPNP Search 2 secs
>> Nov  6 20:41:59 Compromise mythbackend: mythbackend[7003]: I CoreContext mythcontext.cpp:1142 (UPnPautoconf) UPNP Search 1 secs
>> Nov  6 20:41:59 Compromise mythbackend: mythbackend[7003]: I CoreContext mythcontext.cpp:1142 (UPnPautoconf) UPNP Search 1 secs
>> Nov  6 20:42:01 Compromise mythbackend: mythbackend[7003]: I CoreContext mythcontext.cpp:1152 (UPnPautoconf) No UPnP backends found
>> Nov  6 20:42:02 Compromise mythbackend: mythbackend[7003]: C CoreContext main.cpp:132 (main) Failed to init MythContext.
>>
>>
>> $ sudo systemctl cat mythtv-backend
>> # /lib/systemd/system/mythtv-backend.service
>> [Unit]
>> Description=MythTV Backend
>> Documentation=https://www.mythtv.org/wiki/Mythbackend
>> After=mysql.service network.target
>>  
>> [Service]
>> User=mythtv
>> EnvironmentFile=-/etc/mythtv/additional.args
>> ExecStart=/usr/bin/mythbackend --quiet --syslog local7 $ADDITIONAL_ARGS
>> StartLimitBurst=10
>> StartLimitInterval=10m
>> Restart=on-failure
>> RestartSec=1
>>  
>> [Install]
>> WantedBy=multi-user.target
> The results of that are quite clear - mythbackend is unable to login
> to the database:
>
>> Nov 06 20:40:54 Compromise mythbackend[6898]: mythbackend[6898]: E CoreContext mythdbcon.cpp:243 (OpenDatabase) Driver error was
>> [1/1045]:
>>                                               QMYSQL: Unable to connect
>>                                               Database error was:
>>                                               Access denied for user 'mythtv'@'localhost' (using password: YES)
> So either the config.xml that mythbackend is reading is wrong, or
> MySQL does not have the correct access set up.  Unfortunately
> mythbackend does not log which config.xml file it is actually reading
> from.  Mint is based on Ubuntu, so I am going to assume that MythTV
> works the same way it does on Ubuntu.  The mythtv-backend.service file
> seems to be identical to the Ubuntu one, and it includes the line
> "User=mythtv", which means that the user will be changed from root to
> mythtv before mythbackend is run.  So the config.xml file it should be
> reading is /home/mythtv/.mythtv/config.xml.  Please check that file
> has the correct setup for the database and password.  If you do not
> want to keep multiple copies of config.xml, then you can simply delete
> or rename the one in /home/mythtv/.mythtv and add a link to the one in
> /etc/mythtv:
>
> cd /home/mythtv/.mythtv
> sudo mv -v config.xml config.xml.not
> sudo ln -s /etc/mythtv/config.xml
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The username and password are correct in /user/home/mythtv/.mythtv/config.xml

a diff shows it to be exactly the same as the one in /etc/mythtv

The contents are listed below (I have obscured the password).

$ cat config.xml
<Configuration>
  <Database>
    <PingHost>1</PingHost>
    <Host>localhost</Host>
    <UserName>mythtv</UserName>
    <Password>xxxxxxxx</Password>
    <DatabaseName>mythconverg</DatabaseName>
    <Port>3306</Port>
  </Database>
  <WakeOnLAN>
    <Enabled>0</Enabled>
    <SQLReconnectWaitTime>0</SQLReconnectWaitTime>
    <SQLConnectRetry>5</SQLConnectRetry>
    <Command>echo 'WOLsqlServerCommand not set'</Command>
  </WakeOnLAN>
</Configuration>

Is there anywhere else that mythtv stores paths to files? Given the issues I had with Thunderbird, this is what I think is most
likely wrong here.


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