Dear Mike, I recommend that you 1. stop waiting for response from the user group 2. 'find' every occurance of *MySQL* in you machine 3. Delete it. 4. download the latest version 5. attempt to rpm -inh the new version 6. upon failure, go back to using MS Access and windoz
Mike --- Mike Williams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > RE message below, does anyone have a recommendation for me ? > Does mysql_install_db write to a log file that can help ? > > Thanks > Mike > > > --- Mike Williams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Help ??? > > > > This command executes and immediately ends: > > > safe_mysqld --log & > > [2] 855 > > root@linux:/var/lib/mysql > Starting mysqld daemon with databases > > from > > /var/lib/mysql > > 011114 07:45:16 mysqld ended > > > > This command seems to run quite nicely: > > > safe_mysqld --skip-grant-tables & > > > > Now the manual informs me to "From mysql, manually execute the > > SQL commands in mysql_install_db." > > > > 1) Huh ? (I am a Linux newbie - don't know how) > > 2) Can the mysql_install_db script be troubleshot and corrected ? > > 3) Will a newer version of MySQL run better on my SuSE Linux 7.1 > > machine ? > > > > > > Thanks! __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Send your FREE holiday greetings online! http://greetings.yahoo.com --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
