[mythtv-users] MythTV Install

[Mike Perkins]

On 08/09/14 15:10, Richard Brook wrote:
> On Mon, Sep 8, 2014 at 6:04 AM, Janusz S. Bien <jsbien at mimuw.edu.pl> wrote:
>
>> Quote/Cytat - Mike Perkins <mikep at randomtraveller.org.uk> (Mon 08 Sep
>> 2014 11:49:23 AM CEST):
>>
>>   You do know that backports /is/ testing? Just a thought.
>>>
>>
>> So in theory they should behave in the same way...
>>
>> Next week I try to make a fresh install get a better understanding what is
>> going on.
>>
>> Regards
>>
>> Janusz
>>
>> --
>> Prof. dr hab. Janusz S. Bień -  Uniwersytet Warszawski (Katedra
>> Lingwistyki Formalnej)
>> Prof. Janusz S. Bień - University of Warsaw (Formal Linguistics Department)
>> jsbien at uw.edu.pl, jsbien at mimuw.edu.pl, http://fleksem.klf.uw.edu.pl/~
>> jsbien/
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>
>
> This is becoming very frustrating. I just did a clean install of Ubuntu
> 14.04, again. I go to the Software Center to do a clean install of MythTV.
> I select MythTV Backend and the install begins. About half way through the
> install, the Software Center window darkens to a grey and freezes. I wait
> and finally I click on the X and I get an error message that the app has
> stopped working and Close or Wait. I close and then rerun Software Center.
> I see the status bars for MythTV Frontend and Backend are about half
> finished. I wait until they are finished. I run MythTV Backend. It informs
> me that I need to be in the MythTV group and I indicate OK. I am informed
> that I must Logout and Login. I do so. Once I Login, I run MythTV Backend,
> again and I am taken to the window where it asks me what language I want. I
> choose English and hit Save. The next screen indicates that it cannot
> connect to the Database. Asterisk indicates the fields that need to be
> changed. Hostname has the Asterisk before it.
>
> The other fields are Ping Test - It is checked. Port: 3306. Database Name
> mythconverg. User mythtv. Password mythtv.
>
> If I click on Next it takes me to Database screen 2. I click on Finish and
> it takes me right back to the Select Language screen. I have to cancel out
> as I am in a loop. I checked the Config.xml file and here are the contents;
>
> <Configuration>
>    <LocalHostName>my-unique-identifier-goes-here</LocalHostName>
>    <Database>
>      <PingHost>1</PingHost>
>      <Host>localhost</Host>
>      <UserName>mythtv</UserName>
>      <Password>mythtv</Password>
>      <DatabaseName>mythconverg</DatabaseName>
>      <Port>3306</Port>
>    </Database>
>    <WakeOnLAN>
>      <Enabled>0</Enabled>
>      <SQLReconnectWaitTime>0</SQLReconnectWaitTime>
>      <SQLConnectRetry>5</SQLConnectRetry>
>      <Command>echo 'WOLsqlServerCommand not set'</Command>
>    </WakeOnLAN>
> </Configuration>
>
> This has happened to me before, this week where I did a Clean install of
> both OS and MythTV with the same scenario. When I first installed 14.04 and
> MythTV, a month ago, I had no problems with the install. Could there be
> changes in the Ubuntu Updates or in the MythTV Install that are causing
> these issues? By the way, I did the Clean install today. I was never asked
> to create an Admin password for the database.
>
> This is very frustrating
>
As I explained, your fresh installation of mysql (as a dependency of mythtv) 
will have given the *mythtv* user /of mysql/ a new, randomised password.

As I recall, there may be a warning about having a mysql installation without a 
root password but it will not prevent you doing it.

This password should have been the one shown in your .mythtv/config.xml file.

Try looking in /etc/mythtv/config.xml to see if there is something different in 
there.

Did your 'clean install' of Ubuntu include wiping out or reformatting the 
previous home directories? If not, that would cause old data to remain.

-- 

Mike Perkins