woops *smack newbie* ! Thanks for the tip, for some reason I missed out the mysql-server when installing the packages :) Any good web sites around on quick starting a database in MySQL ?
Thanks, Neil -----Mensaje original----- De: Antonello [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Enviado el: lunes, 01 de marzo de 2004 23:51 Para: [email protected] Asunto: Re: Debian and MySQL on SPARC On Monday 01 March 2004 23:15, Neil D. Roberts wrote: > But I can't get MySQL to work. I only have one file to do with MySQL and > that is /etc/mysql/my.cnf . I can't use the "mysql" command to get into the > console *argh*. Any ideas of where I went wrong ? I used dselect and > downloaded the mysql-common. symbiosis:~# ps -ef | grep mysql root 207 1 0 19:34 ? 00:00:00 /bin/sh /usr/bin/mysqld_safe mysql 245 207 0 19:34 ? 00:00:00 /usr/sbin/mysqld symbiosis:~# uname -a Linux symbiosis 2.6.3.flc1 #1 Wed Feb 25 20:17:13 CET 2004 sparc64 GNU/Linux Smells like MySQL (debian packaged version, very nicely engineered IMO) works perfectly on my beloved Ultra10 ;). In fact it does since months, in 32bits mode (you can read more about it in today's posts). Probably you installed just mysql-common, but you need mysql-server in order to host dbs on your machine. Bye, Antonello -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

