Hi, Please, you must set up the log-bin for enable replication :
Example ( in your my.cnf ) --log-bin=mysqld-bin The mysql signal 4 error appear when you install erroneus your environment. I recommed reinstall your MySQL in your OS. Regards, Juan On 5/6/08, Kaushal Shriyan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi > > I am not able to restart MySQL Database Server (mysql-5.0.54) on Gentoo, I > see the below information in the mysqld.err file > > > ###################################################################################################################################################### > > 06 6:30:13 [Warning] No argument was provided to --log-bin, and > --log-bin-index was not used; so replication may break when this MySQL > server acts as a master and has his hostname changed!! Please use > '--log-bin=mysqld-bin' to avoid this problem. > 080506 6:30:13 - mysqld got signal 4; > This could be because you hit a bug. It is also possible that this binary > or one of the libraries it was linked against is corrupt, improperly > built, > or misconfigured. This error can also be caused by malfunctioning > hardware. > We will try our best to scrape up some info that will hopefully help > diagnose > the problem, but since we have already crashed, something is definitely > wrong > and this may fail. > > key_buffer_size=0 > read_buffer_size=262144 > max_used_connections=0 > max_connections=100 > threads_connected=0 > It is possible that mysqld could use up to > key_buffer_size + (read_buffer_size + sort_buffer_size)*max_connections = > 76800 K > bytes of memory > Hope that's ok; if not, decrease some variables in the equation. > > thd=(nil) > Attempting backtrace. You can use the following information to find out > where mysqld died. If you see no messages after this, something went > terribly wrong... > frame pointer is NULL, did you compile with > -fomit-frame-pointer? Aborting backtrace! > The manual page at http://dev.mysql.com/doc/mysql/en/crashing.htmlcontains > information that should help you find out what is causing the crash. > > > > ###################################################################################################################################################### > > Any ideas > > Thanks and Regards > > Kaushal >