It's OK Nick - it started. It's just writing that to the terminal window. Hit enter to get the command prompt back (or ctrl-c if that doesn't work).
james Nick Wilson wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > > * and then James Carrier declared.... > >>It'll be something like: >> >>/usr/bin/safe_mysqld --defaults-file=/etc/my.cnf --skip-grant-tables > > > Well, that's certainly progress of sorts :-) > It's just 'hanging' now. It says 'starting mysqld daemon with databases > from /var/lib/mysql' and just hangs.... > > any ideas? > > thanks james.. > - -- > Nick Wilson // www.explodingnet.com > > > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (GNU/Linux) > > iD8DBQE8ztUxHpvrrTa6L5oRAlCrAKC3HOrhNL2XkeUB68EHuYExKzPMIQCdGdji > khY4FsLiU4JeTj03OJzjNKw= > =1fV6 > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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 > > . > --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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