Public bug reported: Hi -
Mythexport (on mythbuntu 12.04) fails to connect to the mysql database, for some reason I cannot work out. The ~/.mythtv/config.xml is set up correctly (mythtv itself works fine), and I can successfully browse the database in phpMyAdmin by using the same authentication credentials. Yet when I do "sudo /etc/init.d/mythexport start", this is the kind of thing that appears in /var/log/mythtv/mythexport.log: ------------- June 12 21:22:50 dan-mythbox /usr/bin/mythexport-daemon[5643]: Starting Processing: 1339532570 DBI connect('database=mythconverg:host=localhost;port=3306','mythtv',...) failed: Access denied for user 'mythtv'@'localhost' (using password: YES) at /usr/share/perl5/MythTV.pm line 351 June 12 21:22:50 dan-mythbox /usr/bin/mythexport-daemon[5643]: Can't connect to MythTV: Cannot connect to database: at line 88 in /usr/bin/mythexport-daemon June 12 21:22:50 dan-mythbox /usr/bin/mythexport-daemon[5643]: Sleeping 5 seconds... hostname dan-mythbox, myth->dbh at line 89 in /usr/bin/mythexport-daemon DBI connect('database=mythconverg:host=localhost;port=3306','mythtv',...) failed: Access denied for user 'mythtv'@'localhost' (using password: YES) at /usr/share/perl5/MythTV.pm line 351 June 12 21:22:55 dan-mythbox /usr/bin/mythexport-daemon[5643]: Can't connect to MythTV: Cannot connect to database: at line 88 in /usr/bin/mythexport-daemon June 12 21:22:55 dan-mythbox /usr/bin/mythexport-daemon[5643]: Sleeping 5 seconds... hostname dan-mythbox, myth->dbh at line 89 in /usr/bin/mythexport-daemon -------------- I made a test script based on the mythexport code, as follows: #!/usr/bin/perl use strict; use POSIX qw(setsid); use DBI; use DBD::mysql; use Config::Simple; use MythTV; use Proc::Daemon; use Proc::PID::File; use Log::Dispatch; use Log::Dispatch::File; use Date::Format; use File::Spec; use File::Copy; use XML::Writer; use IO::File; use lib '/usr/share/mythexport'; use lib '/usr/share/mythexport/configs'; print "Dan's test script\n"; our $HOSTNAME = `hostname`; chomp $HOSTNAME; my $connect = undef; my $myth = undef; my $tries = 5; while ($connect == undef && --$tries > 0) { eval { $myth = new MythTV(); # connect to database $connect = $myth->{'dbh'}; 1; } or do { logerror("Can't connect to MythTV: $@"); logdebug("Sleeping 5 seconds... hostname $HOSTNAME, myth->dbh "); sleep(5); }; } if ($connect == undef) { die "Couldn't connect to MythTV."; } ------------------------- This script has no problems connecting (it prints out "Dan's test script" and nothing else). So why does mythexport choke? It seems mysterious! Any tips please? ** Affects: mythexport (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1012376 Title: DBI connect failed: Access denied for user 'mythtv'@'localhost' To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/mythexport/+bug/1012376/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs