can you give us the error , it can be found on the file "/usr/local/mysql/data/Power-Mac-G5.local.err"
Thanks Anand On Thu, Jan 14, 2010 at 9:49 AM, Chris Elhardt <celha...@mac.com> wrote: > mySQL-5.1.34-osx10.4-powerpc-64bit > > Not sure how this happened, but mySql will not start anymore, either from > the command line or the system pref control panel. > > here's a startup sample: [I have blocked out the password] > > Power-Mac-G5:/usr/local/mysql chriselhardt$ sudo > /usr/local/mysql/bin/mysqld_safe --user=root --password=xxxx > /usr/local/mysql/bin/mysqld_safe: line 209: /usr/bin/grep: cannot execute > binary file > 100113 16:21:07 mysqld_safe Logging to > '/usr/local/mysql/data/Power-Mac-G5.local.err'. > 100113 16:21:07 mysqld_safe Starting mysqld daemon with databases from > /usr/local/mysql/data > 100113 16:21:08 mysqld_safe mysqld from pid file > /usr/local/mysql/data/Power-Mac-G5.local.pid ended > Power-Mac-G5:/usr/local/mysql chriselhardt$ pwd > /usr/local/mysql > > and another one: > > Power-Mac-G5:/usr/local/mysql chriselhardt$ sudo > /usr/local/mysql/support-files/mysql.server start > Starting MySQL.. ERROR! Manager of pid-file quit without updating file. > > > where are the config files supposed to be? ~Users/chriselhardt/.my.cnf > has only a single line, > [mySQL] > and I'm pretty sure there used to be more in there than that. > > > Thanks for any assistance. > > > > "In the space of one hundred and seventy-six years the Mississippi has > shortened itself two hundred and forty-two miles. Therefore ... in the > Old Silurian Period the Mississippi River was upward of one million > three hundred thousand miles long ... seven hundred and forty-two years > from now the Mississippi will be only a mile and three-quarters long. > ... There is something fascinating about science. One gets such > wholesale returns of conjecture out of such a trifling investment of > fact." > > M. Twain > > > -- > MySQL General Mailing List > For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql > To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql?unsub=anand....@gmail.com > >
