[mythtv-users] quick question: mythbackend startup script on SBE

[Michael Lynch]

On 9/26/06, Iohan Reyes <ijr at routex.net> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I am running mythtv 0.20 on FC5.  When I use the "/sbin/service
> mythbackend start" command, mythbackend fails to start on my Slave
> Backend server with the following error:
>
> 2006-09-26 14:41:41.961 Using runtime prefix = /usr
> 2006-09-26 14:41:42.068 New DB connection, total: 1
> 2006-09-26 14:41:42.100 Unable to connect to database!
> 2006-09-26 14:41:42.100 Driver error was [1/2002]:
> QMYSQL3: Unable to connect
> Database error was:
> Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket
> '/var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock' (2)
>
> QSqlQuery::exec: database not open
> QSqlQuery::exec: database not open
> 2006-09-26 14:41:42.161 DB Error (KickDatabase):
> Query was:
> SELECT NULL;
> No error type from QSqlError?  Strange...
> 2006-09-26 14:41:42.213 Failed to init MythContext, exiting.
>

find / -name mysql.txt

make sure they all point to the same backend server