Thanks to all for the help. I did find a mysqld running using ps -aux and killed that. Looks like I'm all set.
--Marc On Thu, 2004-10-14 at 11:33, Melanie wrote: > I had this problem too: I identified the pid with ps -aux and then kill > them manually. (kill -9 pid) > hope it will help you. > > > Marc wrote: > > >I'm getting: > > > >============ > >041014 08:55:53 mysqld started > >Warning: Ignoring user change to 'mysql' because the user was set to > >'mysql' earlier on the command line > >041014 8:55:53 Can't start server: Bind on TCP/IP port: Address > >already in use > >041014 8:55:53 Do you already have another mysqld server running on > >port: 3306 ? > >041014 8:55:53 Aborting > > > >041014 8:55:53 /usr/sbin/mysqld: Shutdown Complete > > > >041014 08:55:53 mysqld ended > >============== > > > >How do I check on what is binding port 3306? I don't see mysqld running > >and running mysql gets a "Can't connect" failure. > > > >--Marc > > > > > > > > > >On Thu, 2004-10-14 at 09:43, Victor Pendleton wrote: > > > > > >>The error log should be located in your data directory if you have not > >>specified another location. The name may be <host>.err. > >>Marc wrote: > >> > >> > >> > >>>Where is the error log? I'm searching for localhost.err, but nothing > >>>comes up. > >>> > >>>--Marc > >>> > >>>On Thu, 2004-10-14 at 08:00, Victor Pendleton wrote: > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>>>What is written to ther error log? > >>>> > >>>>Marc wrote: > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>>>I'm using MySQL on Gentoo Linux and today it stopped starting up. It was > >>>>>working a few days ago, and I haven't played with anything in the system > >>>>>- no new installs, config changes, etc. It just decided to go on > >>>>>vacation. > >>>>> > >>>>>I run mysqld_safe and it quits right away with no error messages. I've > >>>>>got a MySQL book and it doesn't help much. I also tried mysqld_safe > >>>>>--debug, but no trace file is created. > >>>>> > >>>>>Thanks for any help. > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> -- Marc <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]
