More often than not, this is a file permission issue. Does the MySQL user have permission to create a socket in /var/run/mysqld ? try
ls -ld /var/run/mysqld ls -l /var/run/mysqld and make sure everything is owned by the MySQL user. - michael dykman On Mon, Oct 11, 2010 at 2:09 PM, spacemarc <spacem...@gmail.com> wrote: > 2010/10/11 partha sarathy <par...@mafiree.com>: >> Hi, >> >> This can be useful... >> http://mafiree.com/blg/?p=124 > > i've checked your link but it doesn't work. > > mysqld server is not running and if i want to start it i obtain 2002 > error because the /var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock file is missing. > If i start it with "sudo mysqld_safe start" the server starts for some > seconds, the /var/run/mysqld/ dir is created and after it stops by > itself. > > -- > MySQL General Mailing List > For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql > To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql?unsub=mdyk...@gmail.com > > -- - michael dykman - mdyk...@gmail.com May the Source be with you. -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql?unsub=arch...@jab.org
