"Jeff Hinds" writes: >I have an application that is developed in perl using dbi and mysql that has >been working well for some time now. However, I have received emails and >phone calls asking if the server is down. I look at the service and the >system is up however, the mysql error log reports the following message: > > Error on new connection socket: Invalid argument > >Once I stop and restart the mysqld process all is well again. But I need to >prevent the error from happening over and over. I could not find any mention >of the message above in the documentation. Has anyone run into this problem >and found out what is causing it, and how to correct it?
Sometimes the file /tmp/mysql.sock is removed by a cron job clearing out /tmp. In which case you may want to redefine socket=/usr/local/mysql/mysql.sock or whatever to avoid that problem. -- Cindy [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------- Before posting, please check: http://www.mysql.com/manual.php (the manual) http://lists.mysql.com/ (the list archive) To request this thread, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Trouble unsubscribing? Try: http://lists.mysql.com/php/unsubscribe.php
