At the command line, type:
/etc/rc.d/init.d/mysqld start
You can tell if it starts. If that works, and you want
mysql start automatically, use "control-panel" to cause
mysqld to start at init level 3.
If you don't know what this is, email me directly
and I'll give you more detail.
Cheers,
Kevin
Jessica Grayless wrote:
>
> I have a binary distribution of MySQL installed on a Red Hat Linux system. When I
>try to run mysqld or safe_mysqld, it gives me a 'cannot connect to server
>'localhost'.' The error file tells me "bind on TCP/IP port 3306, make sure address
>is not in use." However, I used 'ps' and no mysqld process is running. I use netstat
>and it tells me that the port 3306 status is "LISTEN" and the socket file is also
>"LISTEN." What do I do to be able to get safe_mysqld running? Do I need to close
>the socket and/or the TCP/IP port?
>
> Jessica
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