Hi, I've got a problem with mysql4 on debian. I've installed with apt but I get this error:
# /etc/init.d/mysql start Starting MySQL database server: mysqld...failed. Please take a look at the syslog. /usr/bin/mysqladmin: connect to server at 'localhost' failed error: 'Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket '/var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock' (2)' Check that mysqld is running and that the socket: '/var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock' exists mysqld.sock doesn't exist but what can I do? and here is syslog: Aug 31 12:16:03 cagliostro /etc/init.d/mysql[4544]: 0 processes alive and '/usr/bin/mysqladmin --defaults-file=/etc/mysql/debian.cnf ping' resulted in Aug 31 12:16:03 cagliostro /etc/init.d/mysql[4544]: ^G/usr/bin/mysqladmin: connect to server at 'localhost' failed Aug 31 12:16:03 cagliostro /etc/init.d/mysql[4544]: error: 'Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket '/var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock' (2)' Aug 31 12:16:03 cagliostro /etc/init.d/mysql[4544]: Check that mysqld is running and that the socket: '/var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock' exists! Aug 31 12:16:03 cagliostro /etc/init.d/mysql[4544]: thanx -- _.|| _. _ _ \/\/(_|||(_|(_ (/_ -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]