[Tapeworm] can't connect to sql database

[Mike Grusin]

Hi David,

I bought Tapeworm a while back, but I only just upgraded to Myth .19 (just
before .20 came out, heh), so I haven't had a chance to try it until now.
I'm using Tapeworm 1.1.1.

I'm having two problems.  The minor one is that when error messages appear,
they flash very quickly in the bottom window of Tapeworm and then disappear.
Don't know if anyone else is seeing that or if its a symptom of something
worse.

The other is that I can't connect to mysql.  The error I get is "mysql
exceptions operationalerror 2003 can't connect to mysql server on
192.168.1.15 10061".  There are only 4 settings in the config window, and
they seem obvious enough ;), so I'm not sure what else to try.  I tried the
trick "use a DNS name instead of the IP" mentioned in the mailing list, but
it didn't help, got a different message saying can't find the machine.  My
mythbox is on a static IP and I can ping it ok.

I followed the instructions on your page to open up mysql, which appeared to
work OK, but I don't have a client on another machine to verify it (is there
a simple way to do so from Windows?).  I can log into mysql locally as
mythtv / mythtv or as root / <something>.

There aren't any error messages in the mysql logs.  mysqld.error ends with:

/usr/sbin/mysqld: ready for connections. Version: '4.0.25'  socket:
'/var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock'  port: 3306  Gentoo Linux mysql-4.0.25-r2

Is the sql version OK?

On Windows, TapeWorm.exe.log says:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "TapeWorm.py", line 317, in OnPlay
TypeError: coercing to Unicode: need string or buffer, NoneType found
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "TapeWorm.py", line 413, in OnCapture
TypeError: coercing to Unicode: need string or buffer, NoneType found

The samba part seems to be fine; I can navigate to the recordings directory
from Windows without issue.

I know that's not much to go on; are there any further troubleshooting steps
you can suggest?  (I'm a mysql noob but I'm learning).

Thanks, and I really like the fact that you're supporting Lamplighter's with
this software.

-Mike Grusin
CU Aerospace Engineering
Master of Engineering candidate
mgrusin at flyingcircuits.com