Hey Nikhil, These might help :
http://www.thescripts.com/forum/thread159860.html http://forums.mysql.com/read.php?11,27769,53912#msg-53912 -- Cheers, John On Feb 12, 2008 8:28 PM, nikhil bharadwaj <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > hi all, > > I am using Fedora 7. I am unable to start my MySQL database. > > whenever i try to login i get the following error: > > ERROR 2002 (HY000): Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket > '/var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock' (2) > > i try to enter using the given command: > mysql -u root -p > > how should i proceed?? > > can anyone throw some light on it. > > Regards, > > nikhil > >
