[mythtv-users] help needed! NUC fan failed on mythtv backend/frontend

Thu Mar 16 16:32:33 UTC 2023

On Thu, Mar 16, 2023 at 11:20 AM Bill Meek <keemllib at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Thursday 16 March 2023 10:53:03 AM (-05:00), James Abernathy wrote:
>
>
>
> On Thu, Mar 16, 2023 at 10:38 AM Bill Meek <keemllib at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>>
>>
>> On Thursday 16 March 2023 10:14:55 AM (-05:00), James Abernathy wrote:
>>
>> I think I had the process correct.  But I have a question about
>> mythconverg passwords.
>>
>> Does the restore process change the /etc/mythtv/config.xml password or
>> does it change the database to the password created on the new backend?
>>
>> What I did was install Ubuntu 22.10 desktop on the RPI4 with the same
>> hostname as on the old failed mythtv-backend, then added the mythbuntu
>> repository for fixes/33.  Next I installed mariadb-server and then mythtv.
>> Once that was completed I ran mythtv-setup and added my user 'jim' to the
>> mythtv group and then I rebooted.
>>
>> At this point I copied over all the old recordings and other files, then
>> did:
>>
>> mythconverg_restore.pl
>> --drop_database --create_database --filename
>> mythconverg-?????.sql.gz
>>
>>
>> I ran mythtv-setup and everything looked good and then I ran
>> mythfrontend and it worked.
>>
>> However, I had written down the mythconverg password on the old system
>> before doing this and the new /etc/mythtv/config.xml passwords are
>> different. I can only assume mythconverg_restore.pl fixes all of this??
>>
>> Jim A
>>
>>
>>  mythconverg_restore.pl restores the mythconverg DB. Passwords etc. are
>> stored in the mysql DB.
>>
>> l--
>> Bill
>> _______________________________________________
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>>
> So that may explain why I'm having issues now. I rebooted and now
> mythtv-setup and mythfrontend will not connect to the database.  How do I
> make this work?  I really don't care what the database password is.  When I
> build from source I use mythtv for both user and password.  I removed the
> comment from /etc/mysql/conf.d/mythtv.cnf bind statement and that's all
> except rebooting
>
> Jim A
>
>
> I always use the commands here to adjust as required:
> https://github.com/MythTV/mythtv/blob/master/mythtv/database/mc.sql
>
> Done as the SQL root user. Depends on the distribution, but: sudo mysql
> mysql works for me.
>
> --
> Bill
>

I just tried that and all commands worked fine in mariadb mysql but no
success.  /etc/mythtv/config.xml password is set to 'mythtv', so I was
hoping this would fix it.
 This is what I see in the log:
Mar 16 11:25:51 den-pc mythbackend[2290]: mythbackend[2290]: N
thread_unknown mythdirs.cpp:204 (InitializeMythDirs) Using configuration
directory = /home/mythtv/.mythtv
Mar 16 11:25:51 den-pc mythbackend[2290]: mythbackend[2290]: I CoreContext
mythcorecontext.cpp:261 (Init) Assumed character encoding: en_US.UTF-8
Mar 16 11:25:51 den-pc mythbackend[2290]: mythbackend[2290]: I LogForward
loggingserver.cpp:219 (SyslogLogger) Added syslogging
Mar 16 11:25:51 den-pc mythbackend[2290]: mythbackend[2290]: I CoreContext
mythcontext.cpp:584 (LoadDatabaseSettings) Empty LocalHostName. This is
typical.
Mar 16 11:25:51 den-pc mythbackend[2290]: mythbackend[2290]: I CoreContext
mythcontext.cpp:635 (LoadDatabaseSettings) Using a profile name of:
'den-pc' (Usually the same as this host's name.)
Mar 16 11:25:51 den-pc mythbackend[2290]: mythbackend[2290]: I CoreContext
mythcontext.cpp:872 (TestDBconnection) Start up testing connections. DB
localhost, BE , attempt 0, status dbAwake, Delay: 2000
Mar 16 11:25:52 den-pc mythbackend[2290]: mythbackend[2290]: I CoreContext
mythcontext.cpp:872 (TestDBconnection) Start up testing connections. DB
localhost, BE , attempt 1, status dbAwake, Delay: 2000
Mar 16 11:26:24 den-pc mythbackend[2290]: mythbackend[2290]: I CoreContext
mythcontext.cpp:872 (TestDBconnection) Start up testing connections. DB
localhost, BE , attempt 2, status dbAwake, Delay: 2000
Mar 16 11:26:29 den-pc mythbackend[2290]: mythbackend[2290]: I CoreContext
mythcontext.cpp:872 (TestDBconnection) Start up testing connections. DB
localhost, BE , attempt 3, status dbAwake, Delay: 2000
Mar 16 11:26:34 den-pc mythbackend[2290]: mythbackend[2290]: I CoreContext
mythcontext.cpp:872 (TestDBconnection) Start up testing connections. DB
localhost, BE , attempt 4, status dbAwake, Delay: 2000
Mar 16 11:26:39 den-pc mythbackend[2290]: mythbackend[2290]: I CoreContext
mythcontext.cpp:872 (TestDBconnection) Start up testing connections. DB
localhost, BE , attempt 5, status dbAwake, Delay: 2000
Mar 16 11:26:44 den-pc mythbackend[2290]: mythbackend[2290]: I CoreContext
mythcontext.cpp:872 (TestDBconnection) Start up testing connections. DB
localhost, BE , attempt 6, status dbAwake, Delay: 2000
Mar 16 11:26:49 den-pc mythbackend[2290]: mythbackend[2290]: I CoreContext
mythcontext.cpp:872 (TestDBconnection) Start up testing connections. DB
localhost, BE , attempt 7, status dbAwake, Delay: 2000
Mar 16 11:26:54 den-pc mythbackend[2290]: mythbackend[2290]: I CoreContext
mythcontext.cpp:872 (TestDBconnection) Start up testing connections. DB
localhost, BE , attempt 8, status dbAwake, Delay: 2000
Mar 16 11:26:59 den-pc mythbackend[2290]: mythbackend[2290]: I CoreContext
mythcontext.cpp:872 (TestDBconnection) Start up testing connections. DB
localhost, BE , attempt 9, status dbAwake, Delay: 2000
Mar 16 11:27:04 den-pc mythbackend[2290]: mythbackend[2290]: I CoreContext
mythcontext.cpp:872 (TestDBconnection) Start up testing connections. DB
localhost, BE , attempt 10, status dbAwake, Delay: 2000
Mar 16 11:27:09 den-pc mythbackend[2290]: mythbackend[2290]: I CoreContext
mythcontext.cpp:1000 (TestDBconnection) Start up failure. host localhost,
status dbAwakeFail
Mar 16 11:27:10 den-pc mythbackend[2290]: Cannot login to database
Mar 16 11:27:10 den-pc mythbackend[2290]: Would you like to configure the
database connection now? [no]
Mar 16 11:27:10 den-pc mythbackend[2290]: [console is not interactive,
using default 'no']
Mar 16 11:27:10 den-pc mythbackend[2290]: mythbackend[2290]: C CoreContext
mythbackend.cpp:134 (main) Failed to init MythContext.
Mar 16 11:27:11 den-pc mythbackend[2290]: mythbackend[2290]: I CoreContext
mythcontext.cpp:1684 (~MythContext) Exiting
Mar 16 11:27:11 den-pc systemd[1]: mythtv-backend.service: Main process
exited, code=exited, status=130/n/a
Mar 16 11:27:11 den-pc systemd[1]: mythtv-backend.service: Failed with
result 'exit-code'.
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