> hmm....looks strange.... looks like something was misconfigured
> while mysql was compiled. Could You send 'configure option'?
there was no configure option with installing from the tar ball ...
just used this
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shell> groupadd mysql
shell> useradd -g mysql mysql
shell> cd /usr/local
shell> gunzip < /path/to/mysql-VERSION-OS.tar.gz | tar xvf -
shell> ln -s mysql-VERSION-OS mysql
shell> cd mysql
shell> scripts/mysql_install_db
shell> chown -R root /usr/local/mysql
shell> chown -R mysql /usr/local/mysql/data
shell> chgrp -R mysql /usr/local/mysql
shell> chown -R root /usr/local/mysql/bin/
shell> bin/safe_mysqld --user=mysql &
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thanks, wolfgang
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