Strace the thread to see what it's cycling on. Sending a HUP signal should shut it down.
Since max is a dynamic binary ie not statically built you might have some weird operation with your environment. DVP ---- Dathan Vance Pattishall http://www.friendster.com > -----Original Message----- > From: Ginger Cheng [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, November 03, 2004 11:09 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: mysql does not respond > > Hello, MySQL Gurus, > I have a mysql server (4.0.20) that has been flaky these days. I > can't connect to it by 'mysql -p' or shutdown thru mysqladmin. It just > hangs there forever without doing anything. I tried to 'ps -Aef | grep > mysql' and sees nothing but the mysqld_safe and the mysqld_max thread > initiated by mysqld_safe, and of course, the mysqladmin thread to > shutdown mysql as it just hangs in there, ie, no client connected to > mysql server that is preventing it from termination. > Can anyone give me some help on this? Is there anyway I can find > out what is going on in there or shut it down cleanly without having to > worry about having defective files? > Thanks a lot > > -- > ginger > > > -- > 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]
