Hi, Tait. It sounds like your server is never actually
starting properly. There could be any number of reasons for
this - it's best to work through the installation instructions
that came with the package.
To see what failed, chances are good there is an entry
in the error log (it will probably be named "hostname.err" where
"hostname" is your system's name) under your data directory
(perhaps /usr/local/mysql/data, but you might have installed
it in another location). View with something like this:
tail /usr/local/mysql/data/hostname.err
If you can't find the data directory or the err file,
chances are that something fundamental is misconfigured
(such as file permissions or directory locations). For this
go to the instructions in INSTALL-BINARY or whatever's appropriate
for your build, and make sure you've followed them all.
I hope this helps!
-- Greg
On Fri, Jan 16, 2004 at 10:16:16AM +1100, tait sanders wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I'm a newbie to mysql.
> I'm running an os10.3 server with mysql v. 4.0.16
>
> When I try to start mysql with 'mysqld_safe &' I get a message that:
> "Starting mysqld daemon with databases from /var/mysql"
> "040116 10:07:57 mysqld ended"
> then
> nothing... the terminal is blank.
>
> when I then do 'ps auwx | grep mysql' I get that only the grep process
> is running.
>
> then when I do 'mysql -u root' I get this error:
> ERROR 2002: Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket
> '/tmp/mysql.sock' (61)
>
> I checked in /tmp and mysql.sock is there.
>
> I'm think that there's something wrong with my /var/mysql database?
> Also thinking that I'd be best off re-installing mysql - but how?
> I've tried 'rpm -qa \ grep MySQL' but aparently this 'rpm' command is
> not available.
>
> any help appreciated.
>
> ta
> tait
>
>
>
>
>
> tait sanders
> computer technician
> sir robert webster bldg
> trc
> unsw
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University of Alaska Fairbanks. PO Box 756020, Fairbanks, AK 99775
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