<div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Nov 9, 2011 at 11:39 AM, Andrew Stadt <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:acstadt@stadt.ca">acstadt@stadt.ca</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
On 09/11/2011 11:35 AM, Thomas Mashos wrote:<br>
> On Tue, Nov 8, 2011 at 3:47 PM, James Linder <<a href="mailto:jam@tigger.ws">jam@tigger.ws</a><br>
> <mailto:<a href="mailto:jam@tigger.ws">jam@tigger.ws</a>>> wrote:<br>
><br>
><br>
> On 09/11/2011, at 2:22 AM, <a href="mailto:mythtv-users-request@mythtv.org">mythtv-users-request@mythtv.org</a><br>
> <mailto:<a href="mailto:mythtv-users-request@mythtv.org">mythtv-users-request@mythtv.org</a>> wrote:<br>
><br>
> [snip long and involved, but going nowhere]<br>
><br>
> ><br>
> > Bill seems to think that the 'mysql' command is ok. Maybe that's a<br>
> > peculiarity of a MythBuntu setup?<br>
> ><br>
> > I don't think I can bring myself to wipe the OS and install<br>
> afresh at<br>
> > the moment. If this carries on much longer, the family is<br>
> probably going<br>
> > to campaign for a windows media centre replacement or some<br>
> hardware box<br>
> > or other. If I can't get this fixed I've not got much of an<br>
> argument!<br>
> ><br>
> > Thanks for everyone's help so far.<br>
><br>
> Damian<br>
> for me installing a complete mythbuntu system is an hours work, I<br>
> struggle to emphasize :-)<br>
><br>
> from localhost can you<br>
> mysql -uroot -ppassword<br>
><br>
> if not that is bad<br>
><br>
> from another host can you<br>
> mysql -hanother-host -umythtv -pmythtv mythconverg<br>
><br>
> ubuntu makes a stupid deal of setting the password to<br>
> somEutter2345#$%^Rubbish you must use that. At install time it<br>
> tells you<br>
><br>
> if not THAT is bad.<br>
><br>
> Qt must have mysql drivers. I'd expect that this is something you<br>
> do not need to worry about, but it is worth considering<br>
> Error messages will be precis of "Can't Connect to database" "Strange"<br>
><br>
> What do you see?<br>
> James<br>
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> To add, you can reset the passwords using the following instructions.<br>
><br>
> "If you are having problems connecting to your mysql database, perform<br>
> the following to reconfigure it: [1] sudo dpkg-reconfigure<br>
> mysql-server-5.1 (pay attention to the root password you set, you will<br>
> need it later) [2] sudo dpkg-reconfigure mythtv-database [3] sudo<br>
> dpkg-reconfigure mythtv-common"<br>
><br>
> --<br>
I can't remember - does Ubuntu do something simliar to debian: set a<br>
scrambled password for the myth user?<br>
<br>
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</blockquote></div><br><br clear="all"><div>I hope so</div><div><br></div>-- <br>Thomas Mashos<br>