[mythtv-users] connecting to database failing

[Jay Harbeston]

> 
> Yes, I see the four buttons and can search.  It has a pop up that says it can't connect to the database.   If I hit escape, I can see my production backend and the new local one.  If I select the new local one, it eventually times out and says it can't login to the database.
> 
> The /etc/mythtv/config.xml is not the same as the /home/mythtv/.mythtv/config.xml.  I thought they used to be one file with a link at the other location.
> 
> my config.xml in the mythtv home directory is
> <Configuration>
>   <Database>
>     <PingHost>1</PingHost>
>     <Host>localhost</Host>
>     <UserName>mythtv</UserName>
>     <Password>6sUFd5O8</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>
>   <UPnP>
>     <UDN>
>       <MediaServer>e909ec1e-cf39-4d31-b9c8-b6418865dfba</MediaServer>
>       <MasterMediaServer>3963fbcc-6fc9-4bf8-8571-e4fe241b5b20</MasterMediaServer>
>     </UDN>
>   </UPnP>
> </Configuration>
> 
> The part in red is the addition not in the /etc/mythtv version of config.xml
> 
> Also I have noticed that mythutil has issues logging in.
> jim at den-pc:~$ mythutil --scanvideos
> 2024-02-18 14:10:46.034110 C  mythutil version: fixes/34 [v34.0+fixes.20240218.93a3026e-0ubuntu0] www.mythtv.org <http://www.mythtv.org/>
> 2024-02-18 14:10:46.034116 C  Qt version: compile: 5.15.8, runtime: 5.15.8
> 2024-02-18 14:10:46.034136 I  LMDE 6 (faye) (x86_64)
> 2024-02-18 14:10:46.034138 N  Enabled verbose msgs:  general
> 2024-02-18 14:10:46.034143 N  Setting Log Level to LOG_INFO
> 2024-02-18 14:10:46.044896 I  Setup Interrupt handler
> 2024-02-18 14:10:46.044899 I  Setup Terminated handler
> 2024-02-18 14:10:46.044901 I  Setup Segmentation fault handler
> 2024-02-18 14:10:46.044903 I  Setup Aborted handler
> 2024-02-18 14:10:46.044905 I  Setup Floating point exception handler
> 2024-02-18 14:10:46.044907 I  Setup Illegal instruction handler
> 2024-02-18 14:10:46.044908 I  Setup Bus error handler
> 2024-02-18 14:10:46.044917 I  Setup Real-time signal 0 handler
> 2024-02-18 14:10:46.044919 I  Setup Hangup handler
> 2024-02-18 14:10:46.044967 I  Added logging to the console
> 2024-02-18 14:10:46.044983 N  Using runtime prefix = /usr
> 2024-02-18 14:10:46.044984 N  Using configuration directory = /home/jim/.mythtv
> 2024-02-18 14:10:46.045089 I  Assumed character encoding: en_US.UTF-8
> 2024-02-18 14:10:46.045303 I  Empty LocalHostName. This is typical.
> 2024-02-18 14:10:46.045310 I  Using a profile name of: 'den-pc' (Usually the same as this host's name.)
> 2024-02-18 14:10:46.045412 I  DefaultUPnP() - UPNP Search up to 2 secs
> 2024-02-18 14:10:46.528130 I  DefaultUPnP() - UPNP Search up to 1 secs
> 2024-02-18 14:10:46.879524 I  DefaultUPnP() - UPNP Search up to 1 secs
> 2024-02-18 14:10:48.046161 I  Start up testing connections. DB 192.168.0.101, BE , attempt 0, status dbAwake, Delay: 2000
> 2024-02-18 14:10:49.047899 I  Start up testing connections. DB 192.168.0.101, BE , attempt 1, status dbAwake, Delay: 2000
> 2024-02-18 14:10:54.054136 I  Start up testing connections. DB 192.168.0.101, BE , attempt 2, status dbAwake, Delay: 2000
> 2024-02-18 14:10:59.061115 I  Start up testing connections. DB 192.168.0.101, BE , attempt 3, status dbAwake, Delay: 2000
> 2024-02-18 14:11:04.068670 I  Start up testing connections. DB 192.168.0.101, BE , attempt 4, status dbAwake, Delay: 2000
> 2024-02-18 14:11:09.075300 I  Start up testing connections. DB 192.168.0.101, BE , attempt 5, status dbAwake, Delay: 2000
> 2024-02-18 14:11:14.081584 I  Start up testing connections. DB 192.168.0.101, BE , attempt 6, status dbAwake, Delay: 2000
> 2024-02-18 14:11:19.088265 I  Start up testing connections. DB 192.168.0.101, BE , attempt 7, status dbAwake, Delay: 2000
> 2024-02-18 14:11:24.094714 I  Start up testing connections. DB 192.168.0.101, BE , attempt 8, status dbAwake, Delay: 2000
> 2024-02-18 14:11:29.100907 I  Start up testing connections. DB 192.168.0.101, BE , attempt 9, status dbAwake, Delay: 2000
> 2024-02-18 14:11:34.107139 I  Start up testing connections. DB 192.168.0.101, BE , attempt 10, status dbAwake, Delay: 2000
> 2024-02-18 14:11:39.113309 I  Start up failure. host 192.168.0.101, status dbAwakeFail

Is there a .mythtv/config.xml in the directory for user Jim? If so, it needs to be the same as the config in mythtv/.mythtv/config.xml. 

I defer to the true experts of mythtv, but I would imagine the config.xml in /etc  is what is getting used by the backend. Sounds like Jim is using a diff version.  The webfrontend  backend setup for database will let you know for sure which one is getting used. 

If it is the /etc version, just link your Jim user config.xml to the /etc/ one. If not, copy the config.xml from mythtv to etc… and then link the Jim as well as mythtv user to the /etc one.

Also add the user Jim to the mythtv group if not there already, and make sure /etc/mythtv is owned by mythtv.mythtv

Regards!

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