steve@ganymede:~$ mythbackend 
2007-04-28 20:27:47.522 Using runtime prefix = /usr
2007-04-28 20:27:47.532 New DB connection, total: 1
2007-04-28 20:27:47.532 Unable to connect to database!
2007-04-28 20:27:47.532 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
2007-04-28 20:27:47.589 DB Error (KickDatabase):
Query was:
SELECT NULL;
No error type from QSqlError?  Strange...
2007-04-28 20:27:47.646 Failed to init MythContext, exiting.