If possible, and for testing purposes try starting the 4.1.3 server with the options given on the command line. (datadir, pid, socket, port, etc...)
-----Original Message----- From: sean c peters To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 8/12/04 6:37 PM Subject: datadir specification, etc I am 100% convinced that mysql 4.1.3 beta is not properly reading the my.cnf configuration files. If i remove the /etc/my.cnf file and try to start mysql 4.1.3 with (im working from /usr/local/mysql-4.1.3/bin) > ./mysqld_safe i get the following output: (mccoy is the name of the machine im on) >touch: /usr/local/mysql-4.1.3/var/mccoy.err cannot create >chown: /usr/local/mysql-4.1.3/var/mccoy.err: No such file or directory >Starting mysqld daemon with databases from /usr/local/mysql-4.1.3/var >./mysqld_safe: /usr/local/mysql-4.1.3/var/mccoy.err: cannot create If i remove the /var/mysql-4.1.3/my.cnf file, i get the same output as above, so its not being read either way. And i did specify /var/mysql-4.1.3/ as my datadir with .configure when building 4.1.3 if i put the /etc/my.cnf file back, i get the following: >A mysqld process already exists So clearly, the /etc/my.cnf is being read, but the /var/mysql-4.1.3/my.cnf is not. so i guess it doesnt matter what i specify in there at this point. One strange thing is that ./msqyd_safe tries to use the databases in /usr/local/mysql-4.1.3/var/ But i specified a different datadir with configure! my configure --prefix=/usr/local/mysql-4.1.3 but why should that matter? In fact, when i installed 4.1.3 (make install), the directory /usr/local/mysql-4.1.3/var/ was NOT created. I dont think most of the info ive given matters, because my run-time configuration doesnt appear to be the problem. I dont believe that my build configuration took effect properly. Does any of this make sense? Still completely lost. thanks sean peters [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** Here's some my.cnf data, if it really matters *** Here is part of the /var/mysql-4.1.3/my.cnf file: [client] port = 3307 socket = /tmp/mysql-4.1.3.sock pid-file = /usr/local/mysql-4.1.3/mysql-4.1.3.pid datadir = /var/mysql-4.1.3/ [mysqld] port = 3307 socket = /tmp/mysql-4.1.3.sock pid-file = /usr/local/mysql-4.1.3/mysql-4.1.3.pid datadir = /var/mysql-4.1.3/ And here is info from /etc/my.cnf file: [client] port = 3306 socket = /tmp/mysql.sock [mysqld] port = 3306 socket = /tmp/mysql.sock -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED] -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]
