[mythtv-users] MythTV Install

[Hika van den Hoven]

Hoi Richard,

Sunday, September 7, 2014, 8:44:48 PM, you wrote:

> I recently had my Ubuntu 14.04 system crash. I did a clean install
> of 14.04 again and then a clean install of MythTV. I have installed
> it successfully numerous times, in the past, from Terminal and Software Center, without issue.
> Now, whenever I try to install it, I run the back end and I get the
> message cannot connect to database, password not correct. I followed
> some advice and ran an msql command an reset the password to MythTV.
> I completed the back end config and proceeded to the frontend.
> There, I get an error that the frontend cannot connect to the back
> end. May be an IP issue. I never saw that before. I assume it should
> be 127.0.0.1, as that is the default.
> I did a purge of MythTV and reinstalled it. When it asked for the d
> password, I entered MythTV. When the install finished, I ran the
> Back end, and was greeted with the same screen asking what language
> to use, followed by the cannot connect to database error.
> What am I doing wrong?


Did you preserve your home directories with an old .mythtv directory
and an old config.xml in it?

Tot mails,
  Hika                            mailto:hikavdh at gmail.com

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