[mythtv-users] cannot restore database

[Mike Perkins]

On 21/02/15 11:07, UB40D wrote:
> On Sat, Feb 21, 2015 at 1:55 AM, Mike Hodson <mystica at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Check your mysql error log, named 'yourhostname.err'  which will he
>> wherever the database files live - often /var/lib/mysql/ - for any errors
>> or oddities; the last lines should tell the tale.
>>
>>
> Thanks for the tip.
> I don't seem to have an error log in /var/lib/mysql. The only things I have
> ending in .err are
>
> find / -name '*.err' -print
>
> /var/var/log/mail.err
>
> /var/var/log/news/news.err
>
> /var/var/log/mysql.err
>
> /var/log/mail.err
>
> /var/log/news/news.err
> /var/log/mysql.err
>
>
Maybe nothing to do with your immediate problem but I notice some /var/var/log/ 
directories in your find results.

These should not happen and likely indicate that you have bigger problems than 
just a corrupt database.

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Mike Perkins