[mythtv-users] Debian install: MySQL problem
Tim Tait
tim.tait1 at gmail.com
Sun May 15 22:30:26 UTC 2005
Tim Hoebeek wrote:
> Hi everyone,
>
> I'm trying to install MythTV on Debian testing, but I run into some
> problems getting the mythtv and mythtv-database packages to install.
>
> When trying apt-get install mythtv, I get the following error:
>
> dpkg: error processing mythtv-database (--configure):
> subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1
> dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of mythtv:
> mythtv depends on mythtv-database (= 0.18-1); however:
> Package mythtv-database is not configured yet.
> dpkg: error processing mythtv (--configure):
> dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
> Errors were encountered while processing:
> mythtv-database
> mythtv
> E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
>
> Then I tried the following:
> ~# dpkg-reconfigure mythtv
> /usr/sbin/dpkg-reconfigure: mythtv is broken or not fully installed
> ~# dpkg-reconfigure mythtv-database
> /usr/sbin/dpkg-reconfigure: mythtv-database is broken or not fully installed
> Both aren't installed yet.
> dpgk-reconfigure --force doesn't make any difference either.
>
> This is my mysql.user table:
> +-----------+------------------+------------------+
> | host | user | password |
> +-----------+------------------+------------------+
> | localhost | root | |
> | pcname | root | |
> | localhost | | |
> | pcname | | |
> | localhost | debian-sys-maint | password |
> | localhost | mythtv | mythical | (same pswd as in
> /etc/mythtv/mysql.txt)
> +-----------+------------------+------------------+
>
> The mythtv password is now plain text, since I wasn't sure if I was
> escaping the special characters correctly.
>
> I don't know what else to try :-(
>
>
> Thanks,
> Tim
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I had a similar error when I upgraded to 0.18. Turned out that stopping
mysql prior to upgrade was not a good idea. Once I restarted mysql, the
re-install went fine...
Tim
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