OK, there really is nothing more to my install, installed it during the OS install. I clicked on 'Next' a bunch, selected all of the mysql options under 'applications/databases' during install, specified IP addresses, rebooted and tried to start 'safe_mysqld'.
I tried adding skip-innodb to the my.cnf file under safe_mysqld. Here is my current my.cnf file: [mysqld] datadir=/var/lib/mysql socket=/var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock [mysql.server] user=mysql basedir=/var/lib [safe_mysqld] err-log=/var/log/mysqld.log pid-file=/var/run/mysqld.pid skip-innodb For some odd reason I'm feeling like the skip-innodb entry is not appropriate, since it's the only entry that doesn't have an '=' in the middle of it though. Matt ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mark" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, May 27, 2002 4:12 PM Subject: Re: Fw: Problem starting server > Been there, had that done to me too. :) > > I had compiled MySQL with innodb support; but you specifically need to > confige that in your /etc/my.cnf before mysqld will run. When I ran > safe_mysqld the first time, it immediately exited too. So, I added, > > "skip-innodb" > > (without the quotes, of course), to my /etc/my.cnf, and it ran like a charm > ever since. :) > > You have given us too little information about your setup (you may actually > wanna use innodb, for instance), but it is worth checking out. > > P.S. As for your MySQL client saying, > > error: 'Can't connect to MySQL server through the socket > '/var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock' (111)' > Check that mysqld is running and that the socket: > '/var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock' exists! > > You may wanna make sure the new compile actually places the sock in > /var/lib/mysql/, and not in /tmp/ (the latter is default, I believe). As you > were about to check your /etc/my.cnf anyway, you may look into that too. > > - Mark > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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
