Oh yeah, I had that problem too ... took me awhile to nail it. Odd
inconsistency, that. Yet another fist-waving, blue-streak-talkin',
you-gotta-be-kidding-sort-of-episode, that was ... =)
-d
:Also you may want to see if MySQL is running (ps -A) and if it is, you may
:want to make a symlink like so...
:
:ln -s /tmp/mysql.sock /var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock
:
:some of the localhost functions seen to look for the socket in /tmp
:
:Best of luck.
:
:Kirk
:
:
:At 06:33 PM 4/29/00 -0500, you wrote:
:>
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:>
:>> ** Original Subject: RE: MYSQL rmp on Power Tools
:>> ** Original Sender: "Bjornson, Matt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
:>> ** Original Date: Sat, 29 Apr 2000 12:48:29 -0400 (EDT)
:>
:>> ** Original Message follows...
:>
:>>
:>> I have Red Hat 6.1 and have installed mysql off thepower tools cd rom that
:>> came with the 'Deluxe' 6.1. I am getting error messages about not being
:>> able to connect to the database... for example I type in
:>>
:>> mysql -u root to which I will receive an error like " Unable to connect to
:>> mysql (111)'
:>>
:>> Any ideas? I am trying to get an external ZIP Drive working so i can use
:>> the most recent source code 9 I am not too fond of rpms) which has
:>> frustrated this whole process...speaking of which, does anyone understand
:>> how to get any of those nice zip tools that emulate IOMEGAs tools working? I
:>> think I am trying gazip+ orsomething...
:>>
:>> Thanks MB
:>>
:>I get that error too.
:>Larry<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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