Hi Steve, that is what I figured.
The mysql.log stopped recording after I uninstalled a newer cooker version of
mysql
in favor of the stable one due to an incompatibility with the DBD support needed
for
pronto mail.
There are no entries in the mysql.log after 8/27/2000 when I was using mysql
version MySQL-3.23.22 not the current version 22.32. By the way...having two
with numbers so
close is very difficult to keep track of. I had used gnorpm to uninstall the
newer
cooker version and then installed the stable MySQL-3.22.32-5mdk rpm in hopes of
getting to a version that was compatible with the DBD that Pronto mail uses.
I have been at this too long...I have pretty much decided to stay with
Netscrappy mail
for now...seems dumb to have to have a separate database program installed to
run a
mail program anyway so it will be stable and quick. I tried Pronto mail with
the .CSV database format ...but it is buggy as hell, and slow as molassas if you
have more than a hundred or two mail messages you are maintaining.
Would still like to get mysql working..but not for this mail program
anymore...it is
because there are other databases I am using in windows that I would like to be
able
to use in linux.
It really seems like I need to delete current version of mysql and wipe out all
directories everywhere related to it ... the ones gnorpm says it can't delete
since
they are not empty. Didn't do that the last time. Then start fresh and see
where it
goes from there.
What are your thoughts? Is there anything else I might need to do to get back
to
a pre-mysql machine that I am missing?
Thanks for any input.
Bambi
Steve Fox wrote:
>
> Fran Parker wrote:
> >
> > Hi Jean-Michel,
> >
> > I think I forgot one of the steps you suggested..here's output with the
> > "chkconfig--add mysql" before running "/etc/rc.d/init.d/mysql start"
> >
> > [fran@flp fran]$ su
> > Password:
> > [root@flp fran]# chkconfig --add mysql
> > [root@flp fran]# /etc/rc.d/init.d/mysql start
> > [root@flp fran]# Starting mysqld daemon with databases from /var/lib/mysql
> > mysqld daemon ended
>
> That means it couldn't start up for some reason. Check
> /var/lib/mysql/mysqld.log for any errors.
>
> --
>
> Steve Fox
> http://k-lug.com
