[mythtv-users] New install and my problmes.

[David Campbell]

Damian Surr wrote:
> I've been wondering why 'su' hasn't worked on my machine (I've seen it a 
> few times while searching for answers to whatever's going on here), but 
> then I just found this : http://www.tuxmagazine.com/node/1000148 
> Apparently "Ubuntu/Kubuntu distributions don't include the su command 
> nor do the have root logins. The only way to get administrator 
> privileges at the command-line level is to use sudo."

sudo bash

> damian at MythBox:~$ mysql -u mythtv -p mythtvconverg
> Enter password:
> ERROR 2002 (HY000): Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket 
> '/var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock' (2)

what is the output of

netstat -an | grep 3306

and

ps auxww | grep mysqld | grep -v grep

and

grep -i bind-address /etc/mysql/my.cnf

> I'm beginning to think I may have to start again from scratch.

I'm sure we can get you logging into mysql pretty easily

Dave