[mythtvnz] Mythbuntu 8.04 Issues

[Nick Rout]

On Tue, Jun 24, 2008 at 2:47 PM, Ashley Kirk <ash at pcx.co.nz> wrote:
> Hi again, yes I used the mythcontrolcentre to enable mysql.. but it
> hasnt helped much. Maybe the alternate cd is my issue.. i should try the
> desktop one perhaps. The roles i selected were done during the install
> but yes you are right, you can do them in the control centre. i figured
> that if you installed it as a backend during the build it would load
> mysql for you though!
>

Its easy enough to work out if mysql is installed:

dpkg -l | grep mysql

and whether its running:

ps ax|grep mysql

Don't forget the backend doesn't need to be on the same machine as the
database. So you don't HAVE to install mysql for a backend.