you can try command "ps -ef | grep mysql" to see if "safe_mysqld" is alive and also one or more "mysqld" processes are running
to check the socket type command "netstat -na | grep 3306" see if you can see the processes are listening to the socket if the socket if not being listen, you cannot connect to it for errors, check the file [mysql installation dir]/var/[server name].err borus ----- Original Message ----- ±H¥óªÌ: "Hoa Doan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ¦¬¥óªÌ: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ¶Ç°e¤é´Á: 2002¦~5¤ë23¤é PM 01:49 ¥D¦®: can't connect to server2 > Okay so it says that I can't connect through socket > '/var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock'. So I checked and the UNIX socket is located > here: /tmp/mysql.sock. I'm relatively new to Linux. What does this mean? > > -Hoa > > _________________________________________________________________ > Join the world’s largest e-mail service with MSN Hotmail. > http://www.hotmail.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 --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
