[mythtv-users] QMYSQL3 driver not loaded - how do you reinstall support?

[Joseph A. Caputo]

On Thursday 19 August 2004 21:08, James Pifer wrote:
> On Thu, 2004-08-19 at 15:54, James Pifer wrote:
> > On Thu, 2004-08-19 at 15:15, Joseph A. Caputo wrote:
> > > On Thursday 19 August 2004 14:24, James Pifer wrote:
> > > > I have a machine that is a frontend only mythbackend and mysql
> > > > run on another machine. I have read through section 6 of the
> > > > docs and searched the archives.
> > > >
> > > > When I try to run the frontend I get:
> > > > mythfrontend
> > > > QSqlDatabase: QMYSQL3 driver not loaded
> > > > QSqlDatabase: available drivers:
> > > > QSqlDatabase: QMYSQL3 driver not loaded
> > > > QSqlDatabase: available drivers:
> > > > Unable to connect to database!
> > > > No error type from QSqlError?  Strange...
> > > > couldn't open db
> > > >
> > > > I've modified /usr/share/mythtv/mysql.txt
> > > > I can manually connect to mysql as the mythtv user
> > > >
> > > > qt-MySQL is installed
> > >
> > > Qt says otherwise.
> > >
> > > > I get:
> > >
> > > [snip]
> > >
> > > > How do I reinstall qt-MySQL correctly so I can run
> > > > mythfrontend? Do I have to have mysql server loaded locally
> > > > first to get it installed correctly?
> > >
> > > What kind of system do you have?  If you're on an apt-enabled
> > > system, you could:
> > >
> > > apt-get remove qt-MySQL
> > > apt-get install qt-MySQL
> > >
> > > if you're on an RPM system (without apt), you could:
> > >
> > > rpm -e qt-MySQL
> > > rpm -ivh <rpm file for qt-MySQL>
> > >
> > > Also, make sure your main Qt installation is OK.  Is $QTDIR set
> > > properly in your shell?  Do you have multiple versions of Qt
> > > installed (i.e., maybe compiled one from source without enabling
> > > --plugin-sql-mysql)?
> > >
> > > -JAC
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> >
> > I'm running on Fedora Core 1. I use apt-get to install
> > mythtv-suite, then removed mysql and the mythtv modules. Then I
> > installed from CVS.
> >
> > My system shows the following RPMs installed with qt in the name.
> > PyQt 3.12-0.fdr.2.1
> > PyQt-devel 3.12-0.fdr.2.
> > qt 3.3.2-10.3.1.kde
> > qt-designer 3.3.2-10.3.1.kde
> > qt-devel 3.3.2-10.3.1.kde
> > qt-MySQL 3.3.2-10.3.1.kde
> >
> > $QTDIR appears to be set properly:
> > QTDIR=/usr/lib/qt-3.3
> >
> > I reinstalled qt-MySQL as you suggested and now I am resintalling
> > mythtv. (make clean;./configure;qmake mythtv.pro;make;make
> > install).

Maybe you should comment out the KDE repositories from your apt-sources 
and try non-KDE versions of the Qt packages.

-JAC