I may have spoken too soon. Re-installing mysql got me to where I can login to the console but the suggested commands still fail:
# mysql -uroot -p Enter password: Welcome to the MySQL monitor. Commands end with ; or \g. Your MySQL connection id is 16 Server version: 5.0.44-log Gentoo Linux mysql-5.0.44-r2 Type 'help;' or '\h' for help. Type '\c' to clear the buffer. mysql> create database bookmarks; ERROR 1006 (HY000): Can't create database 'bookmarks' (errno: 2) Neither the help offered in the console nor man mysql appear to be very helpful in figuring out why that command fails. -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list
