How do I get Tracks to use a transferred mysql db?

I just switched from OpenSuse to Debian. Tracks is a beautiful program and worked well on OpenSuse w/ Firefox. I made a backup/dump of my tracks db using mysql-admin, and now on this Debian machine (using IceWeasel browser), I was able to get tracks up and running (after I learned about adding the socket: /var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sockvar/ line to the profiles in config/databases.yml).

Unfortunately, though I can import the tracks.sql dump I made into the new mysql on this system (watch out if you have a YYYY-MM-DD format), I don’t know how to make tracks work with it. Either tracks won’t let me login, or I end up with a wiped db after running rake db-schema-import (no surprise there—that’s what it’s supposed to do).

I’m open to any solution that will either:
1) allow me to import dump data prior to
2) allow me to feed the dump in after going through a normal install

Thanks!

Hi

Did you also restore the salt you configured in your old tracks install. It is a setting in /config/environment.rb

If the salt of your new install is not the same, tracks will run, but you will not be able to log in.

oh….......................

crap.

Moral:
Do not forget your salt.

Phew. It took me some time, but I finally remembered the salt string. Everything works perfectly now. Thanks so much—it never would have occurred to me that the salt was the problem.