[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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