Any particular reason you're not going with SuSE's rpm version?

A simple *rcmysql start* will get you up and running.

"Happiness makes up in height what it lacks in length"
-- Robert Frost


2009/6/26 Richard Zulu <[email protected]>

> Hey,
>  I believe this is the best place to get help. I have installed mysql
> on my box,set the permissions and everything however when i issue
> mysql_safe,it gives:
>
> mysqld_safe
> 090626 15:31:13 mysqld_safe Logging to '/var/log/mysqld.log'.
> 090626 15:31:13 mysqld_safe Starting mysqld daemon with databases from
> /var/lib/mysql
> 090626 15:31:14 mysqld_safe mysqld from pid file
> /var/lib/mysql/linux-72es.site.
>                   pid ended
>
> and then with  mysqladmin version
> i get
>
>  mysqladmin: connect to server at 'localhost' failed
> error: 'Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket
> '/var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock' (2)'
> Check that mysqld is running and that the socket:
> '/var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock' exists!
>
> My box runs opensuse 11.0
>
> --
> Richard Zulu
> Faculty of Computing and Information Technology
> Makerere University
> P.o Box 7062
> Kampala Uganda
>
> Directorate of ICT Support
> Network Operations Center
> Makerere University
> P.o Box 7062
> Kampala Uganda
> [email protected]
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