Thanks for your reply. >Do a locate mysql.sock it's there. For some reason on my machine the mysql install procedure does not create the socket. The locate utility (after updatedb) does not find mysql.sock and the socket directory /var/run/mysql is not established. I must be omitting some vital step but what is it? The mysql package is untarred in /usr/local The scripts/mysql_install_db is run. But the socket is missing... >Do a search on the newsgroup at >http://lists.mysql.com/cgi-ez/ezmlm-cgi/1#b >On mysql.sock Didn't have much luck with this either: "Sorry, but search returned no results." I did go through the August messages but couldn't find anything relevant. What part of the install procedure sets up the socket? Would it be better to compile from the source rather than from the binary package? Thanks for any further help or comment. Roger Young ........................................................................ Do a locate mysql.sock it's there. Do a search on the newsgroup at http://lists.mysql.com/cgi-ez/ezmlm-cgi/1#b On mysql.sock M;) On Sat, 2002-08-24 at 21:34, Roger Young wrote: > > > I'm trying to install the binary mysql-3.23.52 under Linux (Slackware > 8.2 distribution, kernel 2.4.18). > > I have followed the installation steps suggested in the INSTALL-BINARY > file. However the daemon will not start, or rather it startd and > immediately exits, and there is this message in the error log > > 020825 11:03:14 mysqld started > 020825 11:03:14 Can't start server : Bind on unix socket: No such > file or directory > 020825 11:03:14 Do you already have another mysqld server running on > socket: /var/run/mysql/mysql.sock ? > 020825 11:03:14 Aborting > > In fact neither the socket nor the socket directory /var/run/mysql > have been created. > > I created the directory but still got the same error. > How do I properly install mysql? > > Thanks for your help, > > Roger Young > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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 > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
