If you're getting the following error in your mythbackend log: Driver error was [2/145]: QMYSQL3: Unable to execute query Database error was: Table './mythconverg/mythlog' is marked as crashed and should be repaired And you've tried to repair the mythlog table with: mysql> repair table mythlog; +---------------------+--------+----------+-----------------------------+ | Table | Op | Msg_type | Msg_text | +---------------------+--------+----------+-----------------------------+ | mythconverg.mythlog | repair | status | Table is already up to date | +---------------------+--------+----------+-----------------------------+ 1 row in set, 2 warnings (0.00 sec) ..but mythtv still reports an error, fix it with myisamchk --recover mythlog: # cd /var/lib/mysql/mythconverg # myisamchk --recover mythlog - recovering (with sort) MyISAM-table 'mythlog' Data records: 7 - Fixing index 1 Data records: 5 Those pesky mythtv mysql mythlog errors will be a thing of the past... :D