The error logs seem to indicate that the pid file you've specified is not
writable and that the system database tables are not installed properly.
1. make sure that you ran mysql_install_db. If you did, make sure that you
didnt change the my.cnf datadir setting without moving your system files or
re running mysql_install_db.
2. ( #1 usually takes care of this, but ) make sure the pid file is writable
( find path in error log message or ./mysqld --help or /etc/my.cnf if you've
overrided default )
dpk
----- Original Message -----
From: "Mark Johnson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Monday, September 17, 2001 9:42 PM
Subject: Can't get MySQL running on RH7.0 at all.
> I must be a moron but I can't seem to figure out what I need to do to get
> mysql to work on RH, on Mandrake it just worked straight away.
>
> I read and followed the instructions in the INSTALL-BINARY (inspite of the
> fact that the way red hat installed mysql does not even closely resemble
the
> instructions) but mysql will not come up.
>
> This is the error log:
>
> 010917 11:26:38 mysqld started
> 010917 11:26:38 /usr/libexec/mysqld: Can't find file: './mysql/host.frm'
> (errno: 13)
> 010917 11:26:38 mysqld ended
>
> 010917 11:32:09 mysqld started
> 010917 11:32:10 /usr/libexec/mysqld: Can't create/write to file
> '/var/run/mysqld.pid' (Errcode: 13)
> 010917 11:32:10 /usr/libexec/mysqld: Can't find file: './mysql/host.frm'
> (errno: 13)
> 010917 11:32:10 /usr/libexec/mysqld: Error on delete of
> '/var/run/mysqld.pid' (Errcode: 2)
> 010917 11:32:10 mysqld ended
>
> There must be some secret bit of knowledge that is obvious to everybody
else
> and i'm just not reading the right document or something. I'm sure
somebody
> has been able to install MySQL via the RPMs and get it to work.
>
> Can anyone help me with this?
>
> Do I need to create a user called mysql and add them to the group root?
I'm
> suspicious of the permission problems...
>
> thanks for your time...
>
>
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