Dapper and MythTV problem.

[Pascal Hos]

Check this page. Perhaps it will help:

http://parker1.co.uk/mythtv_ubuntu.php

On 5/4/06, Scott <listboi at angrykeyboarder.com> wrote:
>
> I finally after months of procrastination got my TV tuner card hooked up.
>
> Naturally it installed in Windows without a hitch (along with the
> software it came with)....
>
> Meanwhile back to Linux...
>
> I won't go in to the setup horror stories I came across
> *cough**http://del.icio.us/angrykeyboarder/mythtv**cough** as I'm not to
> a point where I can attempt that mess yet.
>
> I tried
>
> $ sudo apt-get install mythtv mythtv-debug mythweb
>
> Everything went along swimmingly till..
>
>         Setting up mythtv-database (0.18.1-5ubuntu3) ...
>         Failed to connect to database: Access denied for user
> 'root'@'localhost'
>         (using password: YES) at -e line 5, <> line 1.
>         Failed to create database (incorrect admin username/password?)
>         If you supplied incorrect information, try:
>         dpkg-reconfigure --force mythtv-database
>         dpkg: error processing mythtv-database (--configure):
>          subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1
>
> First off I have no idea where this "(using password: YES)" stuff came
> from.  That certainly isn't the password I use.
>
> So after a few attempts at this, I completely yanked all things mythtv
> and MySQL (e.g. "sudo apt-get remove --purge ...") and started over.
>
> I installed mysql.  I went through the debconf stuff and gave my root
> password as requested.
>
> Then reinstalled MythTV.
>
> The end result?
>
>         [.....]
>         Failed to connect to database: Access denied for user
> 'root'@'localhost' (using password:       YES) at -e line 5, <> line 1.
>         Failed to create database (incorrect admin username/password?)
>         If you supplied incorrect information, try:
>         dpkg-reconfigure --force mythtv-database
>         dpkg: error processing mythtv-database (--configure):
>          subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1
>         Setting up libqt3-mt-mysql (3.3.6-1ubuntu3) ...
>         dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of mythtv:
>          mythtv depends on mythtv-database (= 0.18.1-5ubuntu3); however:
>           Package mythtv-database is not configured yet.
>         dpkg: error processing mythtv (--configure):
>          dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
>         Setting up mythweb (0.18.1-3ubuntu3) ...
>
>         Setting up libmyth-0.18.1c2a (0.18.1-5ubuntu3) ...
>
>         Setting up mythtv-frontend (0.18.1-5ubuntu3) ...
>
>         Setting up mythtv-backend (0.18.1-5ubuntu3) ...
>         Starting MythTV server: mythbackendSession management error:
> Authentication Rejected,                reason : None of the
> authentication protocols
> specified are supported and host-based  authentication failed
>         .
>
>         Setting up mythtv-debug (0.18.1-5ubuntu3) ...
>         Errors were encountered while processing:
>          mythtv-database
>          mythtv
>
>
>
> So what do I do now?
>
> I really don't want to have to use Windows for my PVR needs....
>
> Thanks.
>
> --
>         Scott
> www.angrykeyboarder.com
>
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