Mythtv database got mangled. This is how I restored it from backup database:
root@hippo:/home/iso$ lsb_release -a
No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description: Ubuntu 10.10
Release: 10.10
Codename: maverick
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root@hippo:/home/iso$
root@hippo:/home/iso$ mythbackend –version
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MythTV Version : 26437
MythTV Branch : branches/release-0-23-fixes
Network Protocol : 23056
Library API : 0.23.1.201000710-1
QT Version : 4.7.0
Options compiled in:
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root@hippo:/home/iso$
root@hippo:~/.mythtv#
root@hippo:~/.mythtv# cat /root/.mythtv/config.xml
<!–
Set the hostname override below only if you want to use
something other than the machine’s real hostname for identifying settings
in the database. This is useful if your hostname changes often, as
otherwise you’ll need to reconfigure mythtv every time.
NO TWO HOSTS MAY USE THE SAME VALUE
–>
localhost
mythtv
mythtv
mythconverg
0
root@hippo:~/.mythtv# cat /root/.mythtv/backuprc
DBBackupDirectory=/home/root/mytti
BUsername=mythtv
DBPassword=mythtv
root@hippo:~/.mythtv#
root@hippo:/home/iso$ /usr/share/mythtv/mythconverg_restore.pl –version
MythTV Database Restore Script
mythconverg_restore.pl
version: 1.0.13
root@hippo:/home/iso$
Note usage of these options:
–drop_database
If specified, and if the database already exists, the script will attempt
to drop the database. This argument may only be used when the
–create_database argument is also specified (see below).
–create_database
If specified, and if the database does not exist or the –drop_database
argument is specified, the script will attempt to create the initial
database. Note that database creation requires a properly configured MySQL
user and permissions. See, also, the MythTV HOWTO (
http://www.mythtv.org/docs/ ) for details on “Setting up the initial
database.”
root@hippo:~/.mythtv# /usr/share/mythtv/mythconverg_restore.pl –verbose –drop_database –create_database –username mythtv –filename mythconverg-1254-20110510040002.sql.gz
Configuring environment:
– username: root
– HOME: /root
– MYTHCONFDIR: /root/.mythtv
Parsing configuration files:
– checking: /root/.mythtv/config.xml
parsing: /root/.mythtv/config.xml
– checking: /root/.mythtv/backuprc
parsing: /root/.mythtv/backuprc
Applying command-line arguments.
Checking configuration.
Database Information:
DBHostName: localhost
DBPort: 0
DBUserName: mythtv
DBPassword: XXX
DBName: mythconverg
DBSchemaVer:
DBBackupDirectory: /home/root/mytti
DBBackupFilename: mythconverg-1254-20110510040002.sql.gz
drop_database: yes
create_database: yes
Executables:
mysql_client: mysql
uncompress: gzip -d
Miscellaneous:
partial_restore: no
restore_xmltvids: no
change_hostname: no
Checking database.
Preparing initial database.
Dropping database.
Creating database.
Setting database character set.
Found 0 tables in the database.
Backup file is compressed.
– Uncompressing backup file with IO::Uncompress::Gunzip.
Attempting to use supplied password for mysql command-line client.
Any [client] or [mysql] password specified in the MySQL options file will
take precedence.
Executing command:
‘mysql’ –defaults-extra-file=’/tmp/rdrnijWlZM’ –host=’localhost’ –user=’mythtv’ ‘mythconverg’
mysql exited with status: 0
Restored 3599 of 3599 lines.
Successfully restored backup.
root@hippo:~/.mythtv#
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