Hello.
You should use: service mysql start instead of 'restart'. If it doesn't start, look into the error log, which is usually located in the data directory. See: http://dev.mysql.com/doc/mysql/en/error-log.html http://dev.mysql.com/doc/mysql/en/starting-server.html Helena Carlsson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi all, > > On a Fedora Core 3 machine which releases with MySQL > 3.23 I downloaded all necessary 4.1 RPMs and > installed, however the MySQL 3.23 existed, but it > didn't work. Also, all 4.1 RPMs had uninstalled > automatically MySQL 3.23 and had re-installed itself. > Then I removed all new installed 4.1 RPMs by using: > > rpm -e MySQL-server-... > > The only package which didn't removed was > MySQL-shared-compat. Then I re-installed all 4.1 RPMs > and still it doesn't work. At the shell when I try to > restart MySQL daemon as below the error message says: > > /etc/init.d/mysql restart > No mysqld pid file found. Looked for > /var/lib/mysql/localhost.localdomain.pid. > > I am totally confused. Whats the problem ?????? > > Regards, > > Helena > > > > -- For technical support contracts, goto https://order.mysql.com/?ref=ensita This email is sponsored by Ensita.NET http://www.ensita.net/ __ ___ ___ ____ __ / |/ /_ __/ __/ __ \/ / Gleb Paharenko / /|_/ / // /\ \/ /_/ / /__ [EMAIL PROTECTED] /_/ /_/\_, /___/\___\_\___/ MySQL AB / Ensita.NET <___/ www.mysql.com -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]
