Ah... Do you have permissions over the mysql directories? Can you start safe_mysqld as root? (purely for problem solving purposes ;)
And of course - are your databases in /var/lib/mysql? james Nick Wilson wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > > * and then Gerald Clark declared.... > >>>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.... >> >>It just wrote that message over the command prompt. >>It is not hung. >> >>Just hit enter. > > > Nope, it's hung, I get nothing and not even CTRL-C will stop it, I have > to physically close the terminal. > > > - -- > Nick Wilson // www.explodingnet.com > > > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (GNU/Linux) > > iD8DBQE8zt6gHpvrrTa6L5oRAr9tAKCgye3ZUwPUPFiDTDRrKjdDe36KvACfU11m > k/uExiiLSXzwOa6Odcdnyv8= > =21I4 > -----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
