Hello.
I've just successfully upgraded from 4.1.9 to 4.1.13 (all are standard rpms for x86) on Fedora 3. Check that you able to start MySQL with mysqld_safe (for example /usr/bin/mysqld_safe --user=mysql&). See: http://dev.mysql.com/doc/mysql/en/starting-server.html Marcus Bointon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I installed (as root) the standard rpms over a working 4.1.10a > installation (also from standard rpms) from the mysql site with rpm - > U, and all went ok, except that the server failed to start after the > upgrade. I had a look at it from webmin too and noticed that it was > looking for a startup script in /etc/rc.d/init.d/mysqld which seems > to have been renamed to plain mysql in 4.1.13 (though I can't find > that documented anywhere), so I copied it to mysql. Now I see the > same error as I got after the rpm -U: > > Starting MySQL...................................[FAILED] > > nothing is logged in mysql.err, and I can't find any other error > messages. Any ideas? > > Marcus -- 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]