All- Good afternoon.
I was able to get MySQL started this morning but it will not start now. I'm hoping someone may be able to offer a suggestion or insight... Normally, I issue the command: [root@localhost root]# safe_mysqld -user=root & [1] 1781 [root@localhost root]# Starting mysqld daemon with databases from /var/lib/mysql 020614 02:09:36 mysqld ended Normally, I am then able to log in by: [root@localhost root]# mysql -u root -p Enter password: ...but mysqld is ending so I'm not able to. I went to /var/lib/mysql & looked at localhost.localdomain.err. I ran the tail command: [lfindle@localhost mysql]$ tail localhost.localdomain.err 020508 01:00:31 mysqld ended 020508 01:02:09 mysqld started /usr/sbin/mysqld: ready for connections 020508 2:54:15 /usr/sbin/mysqld: Normal shutdown 020508 2:54:15 /usr/sbin/mysqld: Shutdown Complete 020508 02:54:15 mysqld ended I'm assuming that 020508 means May 8, 02 & I know I've used my MySQL since then b/c I had it running this morning. Even still, I do not see any glaring errors in the file. I pasted the contents of localhost.localdomain.err, just in case I'm missing something. Does anyone have any ideas on what might be going wrong? Thank you!!!! Laura ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------- 020502 13:12:51 mysqld started /usr/sbin/mysqld: ready for connections 020502 13:25:34 /usr/sbin/mysqld: Normal shutdown 020502 13:25:34 /usr/sbin/mysqld: Shutdown Complete 020502 13:25:34 mysqld ended 020503 05:54:36 mysqld started /usr/sbin/mysqld: ready for connections 020503 6:37:26 /usr/sbin/mysqld: Normal shutdown 020503 6:37:26 /usr/sbin/mysqld: Shutdown Complete 020503 06:37:26 mysqld ended 020503 06:39:05 mysqld started /usr/sbin/mysqld: ready for connections 020503 7:47:31 /usr/sbin/mysqld: Normal shutdown 020503 7:47:31 /usr/sbin/mysqld: Shutdown Complete 020503 07:47:31 mysqld ended 020503 07:49:10 mysqld started /usr/sbin/mysqld: ready for connections A mysqld process already exists at Fri May 3 09:06:06 EDT 2002 020503 14:06:02 /usr/sbin/mysqld: Normal shutdown 020503 14:06:02 /usr/sbin/mysqld: Shutdown Complete 020503 14:06:02 mysqld ended 020504 09:50:21 mysqld started /usr/sbin/mysqld: ready for connections 020504 14:34:24 /usr/sbin/mysqld: Normal shutdown 020504 14:34:25 /usr/sbin/mysqld: Shutdown Complete 020504 14:34:25 mysqld ended 020504 14:36:07 mysqld started /usr/sbin/mysqld: ready for connections 020505 8:47:23 /usr/sbin/mysqld: Normal shutdown 020505 8:47:23 /usr/sbin/mysqld: Shutdown Complete 020505 08:47:23 mysqld ended 020505 09:57:48 mysqld started /usr/sbin/mysqld: ready for connections 020505 11:58:35 /usr/sbin/mysqld: Normal shutdown 020505 11:58:35 /usr/sbin/mysqld: Shutdown Complete 020505 11:58:35 mysqld ended 020505 12:00:39 mysqld started /usr/sbin/mysqld: ready for connections 020505 8:21:15 /usr/sbin/mysqld: Normal shutdown 020505 8:21:15 /usr/sbin/mysqld: Shutdown Complete 020505 08:21:15 mysqld ended 020505 09:14:10 mysqld started /usr/sbin/mysqld: ready for connections 020505 10:39:22 /usr/sbin/mysqld: Normal shutdown 020505 10:39:22 /usr/sbin/mysqld: Shutdown Complete 020505 10:39:22 mysqld ended 020505 10:42:06 mysqld started /usr/sbin/mysqld: ready for connections 020505 23:00:29 /usr/sbin/mysqld: Normal shutdown 020505 23:00:29 /usr/sbin/mysqld: Shutdown Complete 020505 23:00:29 mysqld ended 020506 00:08:04 mysqld started /usr/sbin/mysqld: ready for connections 020506 2:05:09 /usr/sbin/mysqld: Normal shutdown 020506 2:05:09 /usr/sbin/mysqld: Shutdown Complete 020506 02:05:09 mysqld ended 020506 02:06:48 mysqld started /usr/sbin/mysqld: ready for connections 020506 8:23:37 /usr/sbin/mysqld: Normal shutdown 020506 8:23:37 /usr/sbin/mysqld: Shutdown Complete 020506 08:23:37 mysqld ended 020506 08:25:55 mysqld started /usr/sbin/mysqld: ready for connections 020506 10:31:23 /usr/sbin/mysqld: Normal shutdown 020506 10:31:23 /usr/sbin/mysqld: Shutdown Complete 020506 10:31:23 mysqld ended 020506 13:47:32 mysqld started /usr/sbin/mysqld: ready for connections 020506 22:59:33 /usr/sbin/mysqld: Normal shutdown 020506 22:59:33 /usr/sbin/mysqld: Shutdown Complete 020506 22:59:33 mysqld ended 020507 00:31:58 mysqld started /usr/sbin/mysqld: ready for connections 020507 9:00:17 /usr/sbin/mysqld: Normal shutdown 020507 9:00:18 /usr/sbin/mysqld: Shutdown Complete 020507 09:00:18 mysqld ended 020507 09:03:11 mysqld started /usr/sbin/mysqld: ready for connections 020507 9:11:14 /usr/sbin/mysqld: Normal shutdown 020507 9:11:14 /usr/sbin/mysqld: Shutdown Complete 020507 09:11:15 mysqld ended 020507 10:56:31 mysqld started /usr/sbin/mysqld: ready for connections 020507 11:25:16 /usr/sbin/mysqld: Normal shutdown 020507 11:25:16 /usr/sbin/mysqld: Shutdown Complete 020507 11:25:16 mysqld ended 020508 00:41:09 mysqld started /usr/sbin/mysqld: ready for connections 020508 1:00:31 /usr/sbin/mysqld: Normal shutdown 020508 1:00:31 /usr/sbin/mysqld: Shutdown Complete 020508 01:00:31 mysqld ended 020508 01:02:09 mysqld started /usr/sbin/mysqld: ready for connections 020508 2:54:15 /usr/sbin/mysqld: Normal shutdown 020508 2:54:15 /usr/sbin/mysqld: Shutdown Complete 020508 02:54:15 mysqld ended --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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? 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