jeepcreep <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> That is what I did.
Check with
ps ax | grep mysqld
if MySQL server is really running.
> That's when I get the error 2002 message. Maybe my problem is not with the
> mysql.sock file but something else.
>
> Daniel Kasak <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:jeepcreep wrote:
>
>>Just loaded mySQL v4 to LINUX Mandrake v9.2 via RPM. The error 2002 talks
>>of a mysql.sock file. I can't find this file anywhere on my box. Can't
>>figure out why I can't find it as I'm preety sure the install was
>>completed successfully. If I want to rebuild it, though, what's in it?
>>
>>
>>
> The mysql.sock file only exists while MySQL is running.
> Maybe you installed MySQL but haven't started it.
> I don't know how Mandrake handles starting & stopping services, but you
> should have a script: /etc/init.d/mysql ( or something like that ).
> Try:
>
> /etc/init.d/mysql start
>
> That's what starts it on mine anyway.
>
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