[mythtv-users] Cannot get the backend to run

[Greg Woods]

On Fri, 2009-05-22 at 12:44 -0700, Mark Knecht wrote:

> I'm not actually trying to run the frontend. Right now the frontend
> will NOT work because mythtvbackend itself isn't running.

The error message you quoted clearly states that it cannot find the
mysql.txt file. So that's a problem even if the privileges in MySQL are
set correctly.

The backend may be running as root, in which case you may need the
mysql.txt file in root's directory rather than mythtv's. I have been
burned by this.

Try running mythbackend under strace to see what files it's actually
trying to open. Something like:

# strace -o /tmp/mythbackend.trace mythbackend [args]

Then look for open calls in the trace file or grep for mysql.txt

--Greg