[mythtv-users] Backend won't start automatically on boot

Robert RobertCL at iname.com
Mon Dec 3 18:23:07 UTC 2007


On Mon, 2007-12-03 at 13:06 -0500, Phil Bridges wrote:
> On Dec 3, 2007 12:38 PM,  <mythmail at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Hello,
> >     I have a remote backend running on ubuntu 7.10.  I have the
> > mythtv-backend service set to start on boot, but it never gets started
> > so I have to manually sudo /etc/init.d/mythtv-backend anytime the
> > computer is rebooted, and it connects fine.  I just took a look at the
> > logs and it appears that the backend is starting at boot but failing
> > to connect to the database on the master.  I have the right hostname
> > and mysql password in /etc/mythtv/mysql.txt.   Any suggestions?  Here
> > is what my log looks like:
> > #this is from the startup
> > 2007-12-03 09:22:52.672 Using runtime prefix = /usr
> > 2007-12-03 09:22:53.466 New DB connection, total: 1
> > 2007-12-03 09:22:56.726 Unable to connect to database!
> > 2007-12-03 09:22:56.741 Driver error was [1/2003]:
> > QMYSQL3: Unable to connect
> > Database error was:
> > Can't connect to MySQL server on 'Pvt-Hudson' (113)
> >
> > QSqlQuery::exec: database not open
> > QSqlQuery::exec: database not open
> > 2007-12-03 09:23:02.831 DB Error (KickDatabase):
> > Query was:
> > SELECT NULL;
> > No error type from QSqlError?  Strange...
> > 2007-12-03 09:23:02.882 Failed to init MythContext, exiting.
> >
> > #this is after restarting the service manually.
> > 2007-12-03 09:29:46.175 Using runtime prefix = /usr
> > 2007-12-03 09:29:46.191 New DB connection, total: 1
> > 2007-12-03 09:29:46.250 Connected to database 'mythconverg' at host: Pvt-Hudson
> > 2007-12-03 09:29:46.261 Current Schema Version: 1160
> 
> Has your network started by the time mythbackend attempts to start?

Ditto for mysql.

Robert.



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