[mythtv-users] mythconverg_backup.pl vs. mysqldump

[DryHeat122 .]

So, after some investigation I have found that all my config.xml files,
including the one that I think mythtv is actually using, are 0 bytes.  How
this happened I have absolutely no clue.  I was doing nothing other than
playing recordings for years when everything went south.  Not only this db
issue, but can no longer connect to my HDPVR.

It is an older version (mythbuntu 12.04) and mysql.txt is still there.
mysqlcheck shows no problem with the tables.  But since mysqldump will back
up the database, I'm just going to do that and install mythbuntu 16.04
rather than trying to salvage this install. It will be less work I think,
and the updgrade is way overdue anyway.
Thanks for the input!


On Sun, Jul 16, 2017 at 2:56 AM, John Pilkington <J.Pilk at tesco.net> wrote:

> On 16/07/17 09:34, Stefan Davids wrote:
>
>> On 15/07/17 15:27, DryHeat122 . wrote:
>>
>>> Something has gone seriously wrong with an older version of mythbuntu
>>> (12.04) on my machine, so I am planning to start over with the latest
>>> version.  So I tried to use mythconverg_backup.pl
>>> <http://mythconverg_backup.pl>.  It ran, but created a zero-byte file.
>>> I suspect this has something to do with the malfunction on the current
>>> installation.  Is there any difference between using this script and
>>> doing a mysqldump of mythconverg?  If so what do I need to do to
>>> manually back up all the DB info needed to restore on the new install?
>>>
>>
>> Are you absolutely sure the password is right for connecting to the
>> database for the user you're running the command as.  Try running it with
>> --verbose.
>>
>> A quickly produced zero byte file is exactly what I get when
>> ~/.mythtv/config.xml has the wrong user/password and there's no warning
>> unless you run it with --verbose.
>>
>> Stefan
>>
>
> ... and with an older version it might be mysql.txt
>
>
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