>Casey, >in a Terminal window, type
>ps -ef | grep -i mysql >and see if there is a mysqld process actually running and not a zombie >(defunct). >See if you can connect on the localhost. >See if the socket exists. >I'd bet that one of those three will find your problem. Please let >us know if this helps. >-Sheeri I did this and got the following back: ps: illegal option -- f usage: ps [-aACcehjlmMrSTuvwx] [-O|o fmt] [-p pid] [-t tty] [-U user] ps [-L] No idea what this means. What now? -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]