Have you tried using the client to login and see if its running?

I think it is.

I remember having a similar issue when changing a root password in a MySQL database. But the db was running.


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On Mar 19, 2007, at 4:44 PM, Roger E. Rustad, Jr. wrote:

Not sure what I'm doing wrong here

Step 2 of this HOWTO craps out on me

http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/recover-mysql-root-password.html

my output after I run that...

[r...@santiago ~]# mysqld_safe --skip-grant-tables &
[1] 8663
[r...@santiago ~]# Starting mysqld daemon with databases from /var/ lib/mysql

(wait a helluva long time and don't get the expected
"mysqld_safe[PID]: started")
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