This did the trick. Thanks Nod and everyone else!
-----Original Message-----
From: nod [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Wednesday, January 16, 2002 2:02 PM
To: David Burklin
Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: MySQL newbie question
On Wednesday 16 Jan 2002 7:36 pm, you wrote:
> Hello, and sorry for the bother with what is probaby a very simple
problem.
>
> I'm new to MySQL. I have just installed RedHat 7.2 Linux, and installed
the
> included distribution of MySQL, which is version 3.23.41
>
> When I try to run the mysql program, either by itself, or with any
> arguments, I get the following error.
>
> ERROR 2002: Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket
> '/var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock' (2)
>
> Could anyone provide advice as to what I need to do to get this running?
> Thanks for any assistance you can provide.
type
ps -A | grep mysql
to see if mysql is running. If its not then try
/etc/init.d/mysqld start
to see if there are any error messages. If it just wasn't started when you
booted type
ntsys
and scroll down the menu until you reach mysqld and hit space which should
put a little star by it and therfore get it working
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