Whoops - that wasn't an error code (thanks Prasanna!) Here is the log file..
050429 11:32:08 mysqld started InnoDB: The first specified data file ./ibdata1 did not exist: InnoDB: a new database to be created! 050429 11:32:09 InnoDB: Setting file ./ibdata1 size to 10 MB InnoDB: Database physically writes the file full: wait... 050429 11:32:10 InnoDB: Log file ./ib_logfile0 did not exist: new to be created InnoDB: Setting log file ./ib_logfile0 size to 5 MB InnoDB: Database physically writes the file full: wait... 050429 11:32:10 InnoDB: Log file ./ib_logfile1 did not exist: new to be created InnoDB: Setting log file ./ib_logfile1 size to 5 MB InnoDB: Database physically writes the file full: wait... InnoDB: Doublewrite buffer not found: creating new InnoDB: Doublewrite buffer created InnoDB: Creating foreign key constraint system tables InnoDB: Foreign key constraint system tables created 050429 11:32:12 InnoDB: Started; log sequence number 0 0 050429 11:32:13 [ERROR] Fatal error: Can't open privilege tables: Table 'mysql.host' doesn't exist 050429 11:32:13 mysqld ended Thanks Andy -----Original Message----- From: Andy Ford [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, April 29, 2005 12:26 PM To: Mysql (E-mail) Subject: new insallation of mysql not starting I have just upgraded a mySQL installation on a Soalri 2.8 box for the source. It compiled and installed without error. The startup script redirect STDOUT & STDERR into /dev/null so this is what I did ... /usr/bin/mysqld_safe --datadir=/data/mysql-data/ --pid-file=/data/mysql-data/mysql.pid Starting mysqld daemon with databases from /data/mysql-data/ STOPPING server from pid file /data/mysql-data/romulus.pid 050429 11:19:13 mysqld ended Anyone have any ideas what the code 050429 means? And where are the log files? Thanks Andy This e-mail is private and may be confidential and is for the intended recipient only. If misdirected, please notify us by telephone and confirm that it has been deleted from your system and any copies destroyed. If you are not the intended recipient you are strictly prohibited from using, printing, copying, distributing or disseminating this e-mail or any information contained in it. We use reasonable endeavours to virus scan all e-mails leaving the Company but no warranty is given that this e-mail and any attachments are virus free. You should undertake your own virus checking. The right to monitor e-mail communications through our network is reserved by us. -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]