I had a similar problem and ended up reverting back to .25. My config.xml file seemed correct but the backend and frontend wouldn't connect.
Marc On 09/10/2012, at 5:55 PM, Nick Caldwell <kg6...@gmail.com> wrote: > I just tried this and had a disastrous time at it. mythtv-database failed to > install properly, which then failed mythtv and one other package (I forget). > Searching around I finally figured out it was with the mythtv-database post > install script that was failing. I edited that and manually put in all the > database connection, username and password information and re-ran the install > of it, after several tries getting the syntax right that finally worked. > > Then mythdatabase would error when run, complaining that it couldn't connect > to the database. It said it was using the config.xml file for its > information, but nearly all the fields were empty, and it also had the wrong > password in it. I updated the password to the correct one from the > ~/.mythtv/mysql.txt file and filled in all the empty fields (UserName, Host, > DatabaseName), finally myth backend could run and connect to the database, > and then it prompted me to updat the schema. > > Mythweb was broken and I was getting pretty frequent crashes on the GUI for > basic mythtv apps, so I then reinstalled mythtv and mythweb, that seemed to > fix those issues. It looks like it is all back up now, but that was a couple > of hours of hacking around to try and get it working. > > This was a fresh install of 12.04 with .25 back when it was released, so not > sure why I had such horrible results. > > Nick > > On Mon, Oct 8, 2012 at 1:21 PM, Thomas Mashos <tho...@mashos.com> wrote: > On Mon, Oct 8, 2012 at 12:59 PM, Scott Chevalley <ava...@osguru.org> wrote: > > Is there any special steps necessary to upgrade mythbuntu 12.04 from latest > > 0.25 > > mythbuntu packages to 0.26? I have already done the timezone import into > > mysql > > as per the mythtv changelog. > > > > Is there anything else that needs to be done? > > > > Thanks! > > Scott > > > > -- > > Ubuntu-mythtv mailing list > > Ubuntu-mythtv@lists.ubuntu.com > > Modify settings or unsubscribe at: > > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-mythtv > > Just add the 0.26 repo and update as usual. You don't need to add the > timezone stuff as the packaging checks and does that for you (although > adding it yourself won't hurt either). > > Thanks, > > Thomas Mashos > > -- > Ubuntu-mythtv mailing list > Ubuntu-mythtv@lists.ubuntu.com > Modify settings or unsubscribe at: > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-mythtv > > -- > Ubuntu-mythtv mailing list > Ubuntu-mythtv@lists.ubuntu.com > Modify settings or unsubscribe at: > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-mythtv
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