Hi, I also noticed one thing , will the entry in the file /etc/hosts make a diffrenece.
In Red Hat it is 127.0.0.1 localhost But in Slack it is 127.0.0.1 prasad( which is my name) Regards, Prasad --- Prasad Paranjape <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello gurus, > > I have Slackware 8.0 and RHL7.1 both on my Linux > box. > In Red Hat mysql is working smoothly but I am having > having following problems in Slack8 > In Slack8 mysql is installed as a per of standard > installtion but not under /usr/local.The scripts are > in /usr/bin and includes in /usr/include/mysql and > libs in /usr/lib/mysql etc.. > I could see that there is a group mysql and user > mysql > added to it. > I could not loacte mention of mysqld in any of the > rc > scripts.when as root I give command > /usr/bin/safe_mysqld & > It gives me following messages: > Starting mysqld daemon with databases from > /var/lib/mysql and on the next line it says > mysqld ended. > > Also when as user mysql I give command > mysql -u mysql -p it prompts for the password but > after giving the password it gives error: > can't connect to loacl mysql server through socket > /var/run/mysql/mysql.sock > > I also copied the file /etc/my-small.cnf to > ~mysql/.my.cnf (This is as per documentation in > my-small.cnf) > > Still I am not able to log on to the database. > > I am not able to understand why mysqld is ending.Is > there any other thing I am missing which would start > this daemon and then I can connect to database. > > Regards, > > Prasad > > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Send FREE video emails in Yahoo! Mail! > http://promo.yahoo.com/videomail/ > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > Before posting, please check: > http://www.mysql.com/manual.php (the manual) > http://lists.mysql.com/ (the list > archive) > > To request this thread, e-mail > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To unsubscribe, e-mail > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Trouble unsubscribing? Try: > http://lists.mysql.com/php/unsubscribe.php > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get email alerts & NEW webcam video instant messaging with Yahoo! Messenger. http://im.yahoo.com --------------------------------------------------------------------- Before posting, please check: http://www.mysql.com/manual.php (the manual) http://lists.mysql.com/ (the list archive) To request this thread, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Trouble unsubscribing? Try: http://lists.mysql.com/php/unsubscribe.php
