On Thu, 2006-10-05 at 14:39 -0500, Michael Sullivan wrote: > On Thu, 2006-10-05 at 14:10 -0500, Michael Sullivan wrote: > > My mythbackend is screwing up. I called /usr/bin/mythbackend directly > > so that I could see what exactly the problem is. It gave me this: > > > > camille ~ # mythbackend > > 2006-10-05 14:08:36.085 Using runtime prefix = /usr > > 2006-10-05 14:08:36.120 New DB connection, total: 1 > > 2006-10-05 14:08:36.127 Connected to database 'mythconverg' at host: > > localhost > > 2006-10-05 14:08:36.139 Current Schema Version: 1123 > > Running as a slave backend. > > 2006-10-05 14:08:36.153 New DB connection, total: 2 > > 2006-10-05 14:08:36.154 Connected to database 'mythconverg' at host: > > localhost > > 2006-10-05 14:08:36.156 mythbackend: MythBackend started as a slave > > backend > > 2006-10-05 14:08:36.173 New DB connection, total: 3 > > 2006-10-05 14:08:36.174 Connected to database 'mythconverg' at host: > > localhost > > 2006-10-05 14:08:36.241 mythbackend version: 0.19.20060121-2 > > www.mythtv.org > > 2006-10-05 14:08:36.241 Enabled verbose msgs: important general > > 2006-10-05 14:08:36.242 AutoExpire: Found 1 recorders w/max rate of 72 > > MiB/min > > 2006-10-05 14:08:36.244 AutoExpire: Required Free Space: 1.1 GB w/freq: > > 10 min > > QServerSocket: failed to bind or listen to the socket > > 2006-10-05 14:08:36.247 Failed to bind port 6543. Exiting. > > > > > > I tried it with and without the firewall running and I got the same > > results. Why can't it bind to the port? > > > > I think I might have discovered one reason why mythbackend was screwing > up. I rebooted my machine and tried mythbackend again after rebooting: > > camille ~ # mythbackend > 2006-10-05 14:36:41.431 Using runtime prefix = /usr > 2006-10-05 14:36:41.573 New DB connection, total: 1 > 2006-10-05 14:36:41.574 Unable to connect to database! > 2006-10-05 14:36:41.574 Driver error was [1/2002]: > QMYSQL3: Unable to connect > Database error was: > Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket > '/var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock' (2) > > QSqlQuery::exec: database not open > QSqlQuery::exec: database not open > 2006-10-05 14:36:41.633 DB Error (KickDatabase): > Query was: > SELECT NULL; > No error type from QSqlError? Strange... > 2006-10-05 14:36:41.688 Failed to init MythContext, exiting. > > So I tried mysql: > > camille ~ # /etc/init.d/mysql start > * ... > * Starting mysql (/etc/mysql/my.cnf) > * MySQL NOT started (0) > [ !! ] > > I looked for logs: > > camille ~ # ls /var/log/mysql > camille ~ # > > camille ~ # cat /var/log/messages | grep 'mysql' > Jun 16 08:43:44 camille groupadd[27649]: new group: name=mysql, gid=60 > Jun 16 08:43:44 camille useradd[27713]: new user: name=mysql, uid=60, > gid=60, home=/dev/null, shell=/bin/false > Jun 18 17:01:18 camille rc-scripts: Strange, the socket file already > exist in "/var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock" > Jun 18 17:08:13 camille rc-scripts: Strange, the socket file already > exist in "/var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock" > Jun 19 16:15:21 camille rc-scripts: Strange, the socket file already > exist in "/var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock" > Jun 20 14:23:09 camille rc-scripts: Strange, the socket file already > exist in "/var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock" > Jun 25 20:29:49 camille rc-scripts: Strange, the socket file already > exist in "/var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock" > Jul 10 13:52:29 camille rc-scripts: Strange, the socket file already > exist in "/var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock" > Jul 20 11:26:56 camille rc-scripts: Strange, the socket file already > exist in "/var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock" > Jul 27 08:55:43 camille rc-scripts: Strange, the socket file already > exist in "/var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock" > Aug 3 17:50:25 camille rc-scripts: Strange, the socket file already > exist in "/var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock" > Aug 8 19:07:39 camille rc-scripts: Strange, the socket file already > exist in "/var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock" > Aug 26 21:36:41 camille rc-scripts: Strange, the socket file already > exist in "/var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock" > Sep 8 23:02:08 camille usermod[24305]: delete `mythtv' from group > `mysql' > Sep 8 23:02:09 camille usermod[24305]: delete `mythtv' from shadow > group `mysql' > Sep 15 17:46:20 camille rc-scripts: Strange, the socket file already > exist in "/var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock" > Oct 2 13:13:00 camille rc-scripts: Strange, the socket file already > exist in "/var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock" > camille ~ # > > I can't find any logs as to why mysql won't start. I can't make sense > of the /etc/init.d/mysql script. Can anyone give me a hint as to why > mysql is not starting? >
The mysql problem was because I forgot to update my bind-address in my.cnf. Myth is working now... -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
