[mythtv-users] what in the world is going on with database password??

[Mark Perkins]

On 31 October 2018 1:43:49 pm James Abernathy <jfabernathy at gmail.com> wrote:

I’m now having problems with mythtv-setup not connecting to the database.  I’m following the instructions I documented in the following blog:

https://mythtvinstall.blogspot.com/2018/10/creating-mythtv-v29-frontendbackend-on.html

The first time I did this, no problems.  I complete started over again to verify things. Since I link /etc/mythtv/config.xml to $HOME/.mythtv/config.xml before I run mythtv-setup, I never had to look at the database password.

I ran mythtv-setup after setting up XMLTV json per the wiki as I’ve done before and documented.  I had no problems connecting then, but after I finished, I ran mythfilldatabase and it also bombed due to not connecting with the database.  I tried mythtv-setup again and this time it couldn’t connect.

It’s like I follow the same instructions, but it randomly fails.

when I run mythfilldatabase now I see this:

2018-10-30 22:57:55.639274 I  Start up testing connections. DB 192.168.0.251, BE , attempt 0, status dbAwake
2018-10-30 22:57:56.641275 I  Start up testing connections. DB 192.168.0.251, BE , attempt 1, status dbAwake
2018-10-30 22:58:01.650478 I  Start up testing connections. DB 192.168.0.251, BE , attempt 2, status dbAwake
2018-10-30 22:58:06.659712 I  Start up testing connections. DB 192.168.0.251, BE , attempt 3, status dbAwake
2018-10-30 22:58:11.668891 I  Start up testing connections. DB 192.168.0.251, BE , attempt 4, status dbAwake

Jim A




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I can't speak for Xubuntu, but vanilla install of mysql / mariadb sometimes only bind to localhost as it is default more secure. Have you checked for bind-address? Or:
netstat -peanut | grep 3306
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