Hi Jon, This reference will give you all the info you need.
http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/4.1/en/can-not-connect-to-server.html Regards --------------------------------------------------------------- ********** _/ ********** David Logan ******* _/ ******* ITO Delivery Specialist - Database ***** _/ ***** Hewlett-Packard Australia Ltd **** _/_/_/ _/_/_/ **** E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] **** _/ _/ _/ _/ **** Desk: +618 8408 4273 **** _/ _/ _/_/_/ **** Mobile: 0417 268 665 ***** _/ ****** ****** _/ ******** Postal: 148 Frome Street, ******** _/ ********** Adelaide SA 5001 Australia i n v e n t --------------------------------------------------------------- -----Original Message----- From: Jon Miller [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, 7 January 2006 5:59 PM To: mysql@lists.mysql.com Subject: missing mysqld.sock I've installed mysql 4 and noticed that both mysql 4.0 and 4.1 was on the system. In my attempt to remove the older version I may have done away with my mysqld.sock. When I try to access mysql i'm getting the following message: debOS:~# /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! Any ideas? Thanks -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]
