[mythtv-users] Can't run mythfrontend

[Byron Poland]

On 10/24/05, Brian Wallen <brian_wallen at hotmail.com> wrote:
> For some reason mythfrontend will not connect to my backend's mysql
> database.  Mythweb works like a charm, but not mythfrontend.  From the
> frontend I can access the backend with the command mysql -hIP_ADDRESS
> -umythtv -pmythtv.  But when I start mythfrontend I get this error message.
>
> QSqlDatabase: QMYSQL3 driver not loaded
> QSqlDatabase: available drivers:
> 2005-10-24 23:07:32.993 New DB connection, total: 1
> 2005-10-24 23:07:32.993 Unable to connect to database!
> 2005-10-24 23:07:32.994 No error type from QSqlError?  Strange...
> 2005-10-24 23:07:32.994 Unable to connect to database!
> 2005-10-24 23:07:32.994 No error type from QSqlError?  Strange...
> 2005-10-24 23:07:32.994 Database not open while trying to load setting:
> GuiVidModeResolution
> 2005-10-24 23:07:32.994 Unable to connect to database!
> 2005-10-24 23:07:32.994 No error type from QSqlError?  Strange...
> 2005-10-24 23:07:32.995 Database not open while trying to load setting:
> GuiVidModeWidth
> 2005-10-24 23:07:32.995 Unable to connect to database!
> 2005-10-24 23:07:32.995 No error type from QSqlError?  Strange...
> 2005-10-24 23:07:32.995 Database not open while trying to load setting:
> GuiVidModeHeight
> 2005-10-24 23:07:32.996 Unable to connect to database!
> 2005-10-24 23:07:32.996 No error type from QSqlError?  Strange...
> 2005-10-24 23:07:32.996 Database not open while trying to load setting:
> DisplaySizeResolution
>
>
> This goes on forever.  What can be the problem?
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I think you need to install the qt bindings for mysql.  libmysql-qt or
something like that.