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Check that mysql_install_db filled mysql database in the same directory as your datadir. See: http://dev.mysql.com/doc/mysql/en/unix-post-installation.html Gobi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Thanks for your reply. I confirmed that user and group, mysql, exists > and performed the chown as instructed but same thing. Here is my log > again after I did this: > > 050810 23:18:09 mysqld started > 050810 23:18:09 InnoDB: Database was not shut down normally! > InnoDB: Starting crash recovery. > InnoDB: Reading tablespace information from the .ibd files... > InnoDB: Restoring possible half-written data pages from the doublewrite > InnoDB: buffer... > 050810 23:18:09 InnoDB: Starting log scan based on checkpoint at > InnoDB: log sequence number 0 43634. > InnoDB: Doing recovery: scanned up to log sequence number 0 43634 > 050810 23:18:09 InnoDB: Flushing modified pages from the buffer pool... > 050810 23:18:09 InnoDB: Started; log sequence number 0 43634 > 050810 23:18:09 [ERROR] Fatal error: Can't open privilege tables: Table > 'mysql.h ost' doesn't exist > 050810 23:18:09 mysqld ended > > Michael. > > Pinter Tibor (tibyke) wrote: > >>check if rpm creates mysql user and group. >>then mysql_install_db, chown mysql:mysql /var/lib/mysql -R >>and finally try starting mysqld again >> >>t >> > -- 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]