[plug] mythtv errors

[Caleb Duggan]

can i just turn off the password?

On Tue, 05 Jul 2005 14:55:00 +0800, Craig Ringer  
<craig at postnewspapers.com.au> wrote:

> On Tue, 2005-07-05 at 14:02 +0800, Daniel J. Axtens wrote:
>> On 7/4/05, Caleb Duggan <caleb.duggan at gmail.com> wrote:
>> > when i try to run mythtv, it flashes up with some blue screen for a
>> > fraction of a second and in the console, it says the following:
>> >
>> >         2005-07-04 21:16:20.480 Switching to square mode ()
>> >         2005-07-04 21:16:20.484 Unable to connect to database!
>> >         2005-07-04 21:16:20.487 Driver error was [1/1045]:
>> >         QMYSQL3: Unable to connect
>> >         Database error was:
>> >         Access denied for user: 'mythtv at localhost' (Using password:  
>> YES)
>> >
>> >         couldn't open db
>> >         2005-07-04 21:16:20.488 Switching to square mode (blue)
>>
>> While I don't know anything specifically about mythtv, it would seem
>> that the MySQL server is not allowing you to connect under the
>> username mythtv at localhost. Is the username and password correct? Is
>> the server you are connecting to set up properly?
>
> Try using:
>
> mysql --host=localhost --user=mythtv mythtv --password
>
> ... and see if you can connect with that. I've guessed that the database
> name is `mythtv' - if it's not, change it in the command line above.
>
> If you can't, you need to fix your MySQL authentication setup before
> continuing. This can be ... er ... interesting. You might want to get
> familiar with the CREATE USER and GRANT commands, or use some MySQL
> management GUI.
>
> --
> Craig Ringer
>
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