Hello, I hope someone here can help me out with this. I can't find anything in the documentation that does help. Everything points to the port being in use, however it isn't. I know it for a fact (netstat/telnet), no the mysqld also is not running, I know that for a fact (process list).
I installed mysql-3.23.49-win on Windows 2000 to drive D: (the installer lets one choose the location). After reading the docs, I can see that I need to start the daemon like this: mysqld --basedir d:\mysql However, when I do it I get this: D:\mysql\bin>mysqld --basedir d:\mysql Can't start server: Bind on TCP/IP port: No error 020318 14:54:30 Do you already have another mysqld server running on port: 3306 ? 020318 14:54:31 Aborting 020318 14:54:31 mysqld: Shutdown Complete Netstat -a reveals that nothing is using port 3306. The port is free. There is no local firewall on the computer blocking the port either. I have also tried the --port option to point to another port. Nope. Interesting how mysql says all ports are in use, even when they are not. Running mysqld without any arguments results in a 30 sec delay, then the command prompt reapears and the deamon is not running. I added a my.cnf to the C:\ and this also has no effect. I then removed this and tried the winmysqladmin.exe and this also does not help. However, it also does not report any errors, with the exception of trying to generate an error report with it, which returns the wonderfull error message that it can't generate a report because it can't connect to the server, hmm, why offer to generate an error report if it can only do it when it can connect? Not much help when you can get the server started. Can someone please explain to me how in the world to get the mysql server running on Windows 2000? I have administrator rights to the computer and have restarted after the installation. Thanks ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------- Synopsis: Impossible to start or use mysql (or the daemon) based on the documentation. Organization: None MySQL support: None Severity: Fatal Priority: medium Category: mysqld Class: sw-bug Release: mysql-3.23.49 Exectutable: mysqld Environment: PIII800, 256MB RAM, 14GB free hdd space System: Win200 Compiler: NA Architecture: i --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
