[mythtv-users] Problem with upgrade (ubuntu-packages) after changing the hostname

[F Peeters (MythTV)]

On Mon, October 9, 2006 15:56, Matthias Thyroff wrote:
> Hello,
>
> please help me with  a problem I have when I update (apt-get upgrade)
> my ubuntu mythtv packages.
>
> The problem occurs when the process tries to reconfigure
> mythtv-database, the error message is:
>
> Failed to connect to database: Access denied for user'root'@'zeus.local'
> (using password: NO) at -e line 5, <> line 1.
>
> The user root really does not use a password, but I have changed my
> hostname, it's not zeus anymore. I have been looking around and I do not
> know where the installer takes the old hostname from, I cannot find it
> in any config file. It still can be found in the database, but that
> does not seem to make sense if the installer cannot connect to the
> database, then he should not have the incorrect value from there!?
>
> Any idea?
>

try /etc/mythtv/mysql.txt

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