Make sure the service is started. If no, enter the command:
console> service mysql start

Adolfo



On Sun, 2002-11-10 at 16:44, Stick Dragon wrote:
    i have installed redhat 8 and slackware linux and been trying to get mysql 
    to run. when i get to the console and type 'mysql' i get, error 2002; cant 
    connect to local mysql server through socket '/var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock' i 
    have tried to run mysqld through the console but says it cant find the 
    command. i'm not really linux or mysql savy. any help on getting it to run 
    would be great.
    
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