[mythtv-users] Mythfrontend will not start

[Joseph Fry]

On Thu, Sep 1, 2016 at 10:04 AM Karl Newman <newmank1 at asme.org> wrote:

> On Thu, Sep 1, 2016 at 5:04 AM, Jack McGee <jack at greendesk.net> wrote:
>
>> Sep  1 05:51:39 mythuser-ZBOX-ID84 mythfrontend.real: mythfrontend[5364]:
>> E CoreContext mythdbparams.cpp:49 (IsValid) DBPassword is not set in
>> config.xml
>> Sep  1 05:51:39 mythuser-ZBOX-ID84 mythfrontend.real: mythfrontend[5364]:
>> E CoreContext mythdbparams.cpp:39 (IsValid) DBHostName is not set in
>> config.xml
>>
>
> I looked at the first log you posted after you created the config.xml file
> in ~mythuser/.mythtv and it did not have those two lines. The empty
> DBPassword is understandable, but the DBHostName should still be set,
> according to your last posted config.xml. It's possible the empty Password
> is causing the Host to appear empty as well. If so it would be a bug in the
> config.xml parser that doesn't like empty passwords--it's not a common
> configuration as far as I can tell. Check your config.xml for a <Host>
> setting in the <Database> block first. If it's there, then you might
> investigate adding a password to your mysql mythtv user. I think you can
> find it on the wiki, maybe in the mythtv installation instructions but it's
> something like 'SET PASSWORD FOR 'mythtv'=PASSWORD('NewPassword'); I
> probably don't have the syntax exactly correct so you should look it up.
>

I have to agree with Karl, it doesn't seem to be able to process the
config.xml.

First, I would assign a password to the mythtv account in mysql.  Second, I
would check the permissions on the config.xml file and make sure that the
account running mythtv has read access to it. (perhaps you created it using
sudo and its assigned to root?)
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