Hello, What version of UNIX are you running? Solaris, Linux, FreeBSD, BSDI?
You can find that out my typing in uname -a ----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, June 24, 2002 11:01 AM Subject: help starting up mysql > Hi, > I hope I'm at the right list! > > I'm trying to start mysql -I have installed the db. > > Now I'm getting the following: > > [localhost:~] lloyd% sudo safe_mysqld --user=root & > [1] 630 > [localhost:~] lloyd% Starting mysqld daemon with databases from > /usr/local/mysql/data > 020623 20:25:20 mysqld ended > > mysqladmin version > ./bin/mysqladmin: connect to server at 'localhost' failed > error: 'Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket '/tmp/mysql.sock' > (61)' > Check that mysqld is running and that the socket: '/tmp/mysql.sock' exists! > [1] + Done sudo safe_mysqld --user=root > [localhost:~] lloyd% mysql > ERROR 2002: Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket > '/tmp/mysql.sock' (61) > > What do I need to do, please? > > (Does this list have a searchable archive?) > > Lloyd > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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
