<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class="">I’m now having problems with mythtv-setup not connecting to the database. I’m following the instructions I documented in the following blog:<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><a href="https://mythtvinstall.blogspot.com/2018/10/creating-mythtv-v29-frontendbackend-on.html" class="">https://mythtvinstall.blogspot.com/2018/10/creating-mythtv-v29-frontendbackend-on.html</a></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">The first time I did this, no problems. I complete started over again to verify things. Since I link /etc/mythtv/config.xml to $HOME/.mythtv/config.xml before I run mythtv-setup, I never had to look at the database password.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">I ran mythtv-setup after setting up XMLTV json per the wiki as I’ve done before and documented. I had no problems connecting then, but after I finished, I ran mythfilldatabase and it also bombed due to not connecting with the database. I tried mythtv-setup again and this time it couldn’t connect.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">It’s like I follow the same instructions, but it randomly fails.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">when I run mythfilldatabase now I see this:</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal; font-family: Menlo; background-color: rgb(253, 253, 253);" class=""><span style="font-variant-ligatures: no-common-ligatures" class="">2018-10-30 22:57:55.639274 I Start up testing connections. DB 192.168.0.251, BE , attempt 0, status dbAwake</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal; font-family: Menlo; background-color: rgb(253, 253, 253);" class=""><span style="font-variant-ligatures: no-common-ligatures" class="">2018-10-30 22:57:56.641275 I Start up testing connections. DB 192.168.0.251, BE , attempt 1, status dbAwake</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal; font-family: Menlo; background-color: rgb(253, 253, 253);" class=""><span style="font-variant-ligatures: no-common-ligatures" class="">2018-10-30 22:58:01.650478 I Start up testing connections. DB 192.168.0.251, BE , attempt 2, status dbAwake</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal; font-family: Menlo; background-color: rgb(253, 253, 253);" class=""><span style="font-variant-ligatures: no-common-ligatures" class="">2018-10-30 22:58:06.659712 I Start up testing connections. DB 192.168.0.251, BE , attempt 3, status dbAwake</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal; font-family: Menlo; background-color: rgb(253, 253, 253);" class=""><span style="font-variant-ligatures: no-common-ligatures" class="">2018-10-30 22:58:11.668891 I Start up testing connections. DB 192.168.0.251, BE , attempt 4, status dbAwake</span></div></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Jim A</div><div class=""><br class=""><div class=""><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><br class=""><br class=""></div>
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