[mythtv-users] MythTV Install

[Richard Brook]

Thanks. I am learning.

Do I need to create a password for the db when installing MythTV or should
I leave it blank?

How do I reconnect the frontend to the back end if the error pops up again?
On Sep 7, 2014 5:51 PM, "Hika van den Hoven" <hikavdh at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hoi Richard,
>
> Sunday, September 7, 2014, 11:42:47 PM, you wrote:
>
> > When I purge MythTV, does it leave files like that behind? Is the
> database purged, as well?
> > When I did a clean install if Ubuntu and then MythTV, it would ask
> > me to create a db password or leave it blank. Should I leave it blank or
> enter mythtv?
> > I will get you the info when I return home.
> > On Sep 7, 2014 4:36 PM, "Mike Perkins"
> > <mikep at randomtraveller.org.uk> wrote:
>
> > On 07/09/14 20:57, Richard Brook wrote:
> >
> >  I did this At my home yesterday and today. I do not need to preserve any
> >  directories since I only watch live TV or record, watch once, and erase.
> >
> >  The install used to inform me that I needed to be added to a group. I
> ran a
> >  grep command to see if I was listed in the group. I was.
> >
> >  I read online that it as a good idea to create the db password MythTV,
> >  during install.
> >
> >
>  (Please don't top post.)
> >
> >  Debian and Ubuntu have a quirk that when you install mythtv, the
> > database 'mythconverg' is created with a randomised password. This
> > is supposed to be a security measure.
> >
> >  To find out what password was created, go to the home directory of
> > the mythtv user (usually 'mythtv') and look at the
> > /home/mythtv/.mythtv/config.xml file. You should find out what password
> was created in there.
> >
> >  It used to be the case that you would have to grant extra
> > permissions on the database to get things to function. If you are
> > using Debian or Unbuntu flavours, that should no longer be necessary.
> >
> >  --
> >
> >  Mike Perkins
> >
> >
>
> If you don't have any other mysql databases you could purge that too
> and reinstall or simpler dump the mythconverg database. You possibly
> now still have the database from your first install together with your
> second myth install.
>
> Tot mails,
>   Hika                            mailto:hikavdh at gmail.com
>
> "Zonder hoop kun je niet leven
> Zonder leven is er geen hoop
> Het eeuwige dilemma
> Zeker als je hoop moet vernietigen om te kunnen overleven!"
>
> De lerende Mens
>
>
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