it was actually a lot simpler than that... i wasn't using the new init script.
On Thu, Aug 07, 2003 at 12:04:34AM -0400, Jason A. Pfeil wrote: > I used to have a similar issue when I would run MySQL 3.23.x under RedHat > when I used an LDAP server to house my user account information instead of > the standard flat-file /etc files. > > To track it down try strace-ing the mysqld and seeing if it's segfaulting > and where it is. That's what was happening to me. The way I addressed > this particular issue was by editing the safe_mysqld script to manually > run the mysqld server process as the mysql user using the su -c syntax. > > --Jason > > On Wed, 6 Aug 2003, downtime null wrote: > > > zap reset it, but it's still not really starting. if i run > > '/etc/init.d/mysql start', there is no mysql process started. there > > aren't even any new entries in any log files that i can see from > > trying to start it. > > > > is anyone else having a similar problem? > > > > On Wed, Aug 06, 2003 at 11:24:18PM -0400, gabriel wrote: > > > On August 6, 2003 11:20 pm, downtime null wrote: > > > > when i recently ran 'emerge -U world', mysql was upgraded to 4.0 which > > > > i'm happy about. the only problem is that it won't start and it won't > > > > stop. when i run '/etc/init.d/mysql start' it says that it's already > > > > running, but when i run '/etc/init.d/mysql stop' it says '[!!]'. and > > > > there is never any mysqld running at any time during that process. i > > > > don't know what happened. i don't know if it ever worked since i > > > > upgraded. i would suspect that it didn't. > > > > > > try: > > > > > > # /etc/init.d/mysql zap > > > # /etc/init.d/mysql start > > > > > > "zap" should reset the daemon to appear stopped. > > > > > > > > > -- > > > we live as though the world is as it should be > > > to show it what it can be > > > - angel, angel "deep down" > > > > > > > > > -- > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list > > > > > > > -- > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list > > > > > > -- > Jason A. Pfeil 811 Harbor Winds Dr. > Jacksonville, FL 32225 > jason=at=jasonpfeil.com.NOSPAM > > > -- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list > -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
