On Mon, 02 Aug 2004 17:31:03 -0400
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

> I am now getting 
> 
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] Desktop]# mysql -u root -pmypasshere
> ERROR 2002: Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket 
> '/var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock' (2)
> 
> any thoughts...
> 
> once again thanks for the assistance

It seems like your MySQL server is not running. Try:
# /etc/init.d/mysql start

And check what does the error log say. On my Fedora it is in:
/var/lib/mysql/hostname.err


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