And here is the result: brianoke% sudo ./bin/mysqld_safe Starting mysqld daemon with databases from /sw/var/mysql STOPPING server from pid file /sw/var/mysql/Brian-OKeefes-Computer.local.pid 050317 16:14:48 mysqld ended
On Thu, 2005-03-17 at 15:53, Brian O'Keefe wrote: > Thanks Dave, > I don't have mysqladmin in fink so I don't know if I'll try start up w/o > being able to shut down. Your start up script is a lot like that that > shows up after installing mysql except the first 2 commands are in one > line. that didn't work but maybe your method will.I appreciate your > help. > Anyone else have an idea? > Brian > On Thu, 2005-03-17 at 15:10, David Reiser wrote: > > On Mar 17, 2005, at 2:47 PM, Brian O'Keefe wrote: > > > > > Hello > > > I downloaded and installed mysql. I'm OSX10.3.8, latest fink and all > > > updated to latest unstable packages. I read and attempted to set up my > > > mysql password, etc. from the install info but I can't even start the > > > server: > > > brianoke% mysql > > > ERROR 2002 (HY000): Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket > > > '/tmp/mysql.sock' (2) > > > Any help would be appreciated > > > Thanks, > > > Brian > > > > database servers appear to be a bit different. In one of the places I > > was digging recently, the following worked for getting the server > > working: > > > > If you don't use the Startup Item, enter the following command sequence: > > shell> cd /sw > > shell> sudo ./bin/mysqld_safe > > (Enter your password, if necessary) > > (Press Control-Z) > > shell> bg > > > > > > I used this incantation for MySQL 4.whatever installed via Fink. To > > stop the server (apparently OSX provides no completely safe way to shut > > the server down automatically on shutdown or reboot...) you need to use > > mysqladmin (I think that's it. Can you tell I haven't done this much?). > > > > Dave > > > > -- > > David Reiser > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] ------------------------------------------------------- SF email is sponsored by - The IT Product Guide Read honest & candid reviews on hundreds of IT Products from real users. Discover which products truly live up to the hype. Start reading now. http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=6595&alloc_id=14396&op=click _______________________________________________ Fink-beginners mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fink-beginners
