>Description: I have just completed the installation of the mysql binaries (mysql-3.23.49-pc-linux-gnu-i686.tar.gz) per the installation instructions, and am unable to start the mysql server--I receive the message "mysql ended", and a ps -e or ps -aux fails to show an entry for mysql.
>How-To-Repeat: cd /usr/local tar -xvzf mysql-3.23.49-pc-linux-i686.tar.gz groupadd mysql adduser mysql <and follow user account creation procedures> ln -s mysql-3.23.49-pc-linux-gnu mysql cd mysql scripts/mysql_install_db chown -R root /usr/local/mysql chown -R mysql /usr/local/mysql/data chgrp -R mysql /usr/local/mysql chown -R root /usr/local/mysql/bin bin/safe_mysqld --user=mysql & after executing this last line, I receive the following: [1] 2647 root@tank:/usr/local/mysql# Starting mysqld daemon with databases from /usr/local/mysql/data 020614 17:26:42 mysqld ended >Fix: Unknown. >Submitter-Id: Michael Wallette, [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Originator: same. >Organization: Individual. >MySQL support: none >Synopsis: unable to start mysqld after installation on Slackware Linux. >Severity: critical >Priority: medium >Category: mysql >Class: unknown. >Release: mysql-3.23.49 (Official MySQL Binary) >Environment: machine--Tank.Matrix (internal LAN) os--Slackware Linux 8.0 System: Linux Tank 2.2.19 #22 Wed Jun 20 18:12:16 PDT 2001 i686 unknown Architecture: i686 Some paths: /usr/bin/perl /usr/bin/make /usr/bin/gmake /usr/bin/gcc /usr/bin/cc GCC: Reading specs from /usr/lib/gcc-lib/i386-slackware-linux/2.95.3/specs gcc version 2.95.3 20010315 (release) Compilation info: CC='gcc' CFLAGS='-Wimplicit -Wreturn-type -Wid-clash-51 -Wswitch -Wtrigraphs -Wcomment -W -Wchar-subscripts -Wformat -Wimplicit-function-dec -Wimplicit-int -Wparentheses -Wsign-compare -Wwrite-strings -Wunused -mcpu=pentiumpro -O3 -fno-omit-frame-pointer' CXX='gcc' CXXFLAGS='-Wimplicit -Wreturn-type -Wid-clash-51 -Wswitch -Wtrigraphs -Wcomment -W -Wchar-subscripts -Wformat -Wimplicit-function-dec -Wimplicit-int -Wparentheses -Wsign-compare -Wwrite-strings -Woverloaded-virtual -Wextern-inline -Wsign-promo -Wreorder -Wctor-dtor-privacy -Wnon-virtual-dtor -felide-constructors -fno-exceptions -fno-rtti -mcpu=pentiumpro -O3 -fno-omit-frame-pointer' LDFLAGS='' LIBC: lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 13 May 4 02:08 /lib/libc.so.6 -> libc-2.2.3.so -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 4783716 May 25 2001 /lib/libc-2.2.3.so -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 24721042 May 25 2001 /usr/lib/libc.a -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 178 May 25 2001 /usr/lib/libc.so Configure command: ./configure --prefix=/usr/local/mysql --enable-assembler --with-extra-charsets=complex --enable-thread-safe-client --with-mysqld-ldflags=-all-static --with-client-ldflags=-all-static --with-other-libc=/usr/local/mysql-glibc '--with-comment=Official MySQL Binary' --prefix=/usr/local/mysql --with-extra-charset=complex --enable-thread-safe-client --enable-local-infile 'CFLAGS=-Wimplicit -Wreturn-type -Wid-clash-51 -Wswitch -Wtrigraphs -Wcomment -W -Wchar-subscripts -Wformat -Wimplicit-function-dec -Wimplicit-int -Wparentheses -Wsign-compare -Wwrite-strings -Wunused -mcpu=pentiumpro -O3 -fno-omit-frame-pointer' 'CXXFLAGS=-Wimplicit -Wreturn-type -Wid-clash-51 -Wswitch -Wtrigraphs -Wcomment -W -Wchar-subscripts -Wformat -Wimplicit-function-dec -Wimplicit-int -Wparentheses -Wsign-compare -Wwrite-strings -Woverloaded-virtual -Wextern-inline -Wsign-promo -Wreorder -Wctor-dtor-privacy -Wnon-virtual-dtor -felide-constructors -fno-exceptions -fno-rtti -mcpu=pentiumpr! o -O3 -fno-omit-frame-pointer' CXX=gcc --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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