Yep, Thanks. Found the solution last night. You also have to add old_password to my.cnf
The mythtv is one installed by yum following the instructions for fedora. On Thu, 2005-10-13 at 15:08 -0700, Ben Holt wrote: > On 13/10/05, Martin West <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I ran the install mc.sql OK but when I run mythtvsetup I get an error > > saying authentication protocol not supported. I can logon using mysql -u > > mythtv -p at a command line. Im using mysql 4.1.9 on FC3. > > > > Any thoughts? > > It looks like your mythtv version was compiled against an older mysql > version. 4.1 uses a different format than earlier versions. Here's > what you need to do: > > mysql -u root -p mysql > (enter root password) > > update user SET Password=OLD_PASSWORD('<mythtv user password>') where > User='<mythtv username>'; > FLUSH PRIVILEGES; > exit; > > Mythtv should now be able to access your database again. > > - Ben > _______________________________________________ > mythtv-users mailing list > mythtv-users@mythtv.org > http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users -- regards Martin West http://www.objectgizmos.com 07879 680 096
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