[mythtv-users] No MythTV backend after update of Linux Mint Debian Edition

[Thomas Mashos]

On Sat, Jul 13, 2013 at 12:31 PM, Enno Middelberg <enno.middelberg at gmail.com
> wrote:

> Hello,
>
>
> I solved it, finally. Well, to be precise, I made it go away without
> understanding what the issue was, but executing the lines from
>
> http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/Troubleshooting:Unable_to_connect_to_the_master_backend_server
> made the problem go away.
>
> Many thanks to everyone who has responded in this thread, that is much
> appreciated.
>
>
> Regards,
>
> Enno
>
>
> 2013/7/13 Thomas Mashos <thomas at mashos.com>:
> > On Sat, Jul 13, 2013 at 11:33 AM, Enno Middelberg
> > <enno.middelberg at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> Hello,
> >>
> >> 2013/7/13 Thomas Mashos <thomas at mashos.com>:
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > That was not a typo. I'd assume that the user that runs the backend is
> >> > the
> >> > 'mythtv' user.  Please check the settings for the mythtv user, which
> is
> >> > at
> >> > /home/mythtv/.mythtv/config.xml
> >>
> >> Here, mythtv's home dir is /var/lib/mythtv, and the credentials in
> >>
> >> /var/lib/mythtv/.mythtv/config.xml
> >> /home/enno/.mythtv/config.xml
> >> /etc/mythtv/config.xml
> >>
> >> are all mythtv/mythtv
> >>
> >> >
> >> > If those credentials are the same. Are you able to login to mysql at
> the
> >> > command line using those credentials with something like
> >> >
> >> > mysql -u mythtv -p mythconverg
> >>
> >> No, that doesn't work:
> >>
> >> mysql -u mythtv -p mythconverg
> >> Enter password:
> >> ERROR 1045 (28000): Access denied for user 'mythtv'@'localhost' (using
> >> password: YES)
> >>
> >>
> >> Enno
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> >
> >
> >
> > If that doesn't work, then your credentials aren't mythtv:mythtv
> >
> > If you were using Mythbuntu packages, I'd tell you to do the following.
> I'm
> > unsure how the procedure would change on Debian.
> >
> > If you are having problems connecting to your mysql database, perform the
> > following to reconfigure it: [1] sudo dpkg-reconfigure mysql-server-5.5
> (pay
> > attention to the root password you set, you will need it later)  [2] sudo
> > dpkg-reconfigure mythtv-database [3] sudo dpkg-reconfigure mythtv-common
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Thomas Mashos
> >
> >
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So in other words, you credentials weren't really mythtv:mythtv.

Thanks,

Thomas Mashos
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