On Sun, 2002-02-03 at 14:25, Jason Guidry wrote: > Ok, after applying every "fix" for this i can find, i need an answer. > > i get the following when trying to connect to mysql > > Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket '/tmp/mysql.sock' (2) > I'm trying to connect with mysqlgui because i'm a wuss FileMakerPro > convert. I installed MySQL on Mandrake 8.1 with the rpm. I installed > mysql-server-3.23.41-1 along with the mysql shown.
I guess the first thing I would try is to connect using the basic command-line client: [dave@sildara rezzphp]$ mysql -u root -p database_name Enter password: Reading table information for completion of table and column names You can turn off this feature to get a quicker startup with -A Welcome to the MySQL monitor. Commands end with ; or \g. Your MySQL connection id is 12 to server version: 3.23.41 Type 'help;' or '\h' for help. Type '\c' to clear the buffer. mysql> If you can establish a connection that way, then you know it's a problem with the GUI client (incorrect config, whatever). If you still can't connect even with the command line client, then it would seem to be a problem with mysql or maybe system file permissions. I don't know enough about mysql to properly troubleshoot it, but the above advice seemed to me to be common sense stuff. Dave -- Beware the wrath of dragons, for you are crunchy, and good with ketchup.
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