[mythtv-users] Mythtv backend not starting

[chris at cpr.homelinux.net]

On Fri, Aug 05, 2005 at 04:23:21PM -0700, Nathaniel Homier wrote:
> debian:/home/usr# /etc/init.d/mythtv-backend start
> Starting MythTV server: mythbackendSession management error:
> Authentication Rejected, reason : None of the authentication protocols
> specified are supported and host-based authentication failed

Just a guess on my part, but that looks like your Myth backend program
is unable to connect to the mysql database.

Does /etc/default/mythtv-backend contain sane values?
Does /etc/mythtv/mysql.txt contain sane values?
Does /etc/mysql/my.cnf contain a "bind-address" statement that matches
the "DBHostName" statement in /etc/mythtv/mysql.txt?
Can you connect to the "mythconverg" database in Mysql (as root)?
Have you looked at /var/log/mythtv/mythbackend.log to see what
mythbackend was trying to do at the time of the error?