[mythtv-users] RE: problem.." GDM could not write to your

pete grooveloop7 at yahoo.com
Fri Nov 11 19:27:27 EST 2005


> I can log in as root but I am not being able to run mythtv because Mysql is 
>not working for some reason and i can not get it to start.....
> Is there anyway that I can go and delete the movies that were recorded so I 
>can log in as a use... or what can I do to fix this problem. ( i checked using

>Kdiskfree and my dev/hda2 is full while I have a lot of free space on
dev/hda5)


you could probably even keep your recordings.  move them onto /dev/hda5 and
symlink them back to their original locations on /dev/hda2.  make sure you
enable the config option in the frontend to follow symlinks when deleting
recordings, though.  then go into your mysql data directory as root and run
myisamchk -f *.ISM (i think that's right check the manpage for myisamchk to be
sure) to hopefully fix any corrupted database tables - do that with the backend
shutdown if it managed to start.  then reboot and see if it comes up cleanly
and starts everything....   If that doesn't work, just delete the recordings
and then in mysql you can "delete from recorded where recordid>0" or similar to
clear out that table.  that should get you up and running, too.

  before you do ANYTHING else though, do a mysqldump of the mythconverg
database onto /dev/hda5 so you can restore anything if it gets hosed...

good luck,
pete


		
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