Nigel, check that you are starting the mysqld properly. if you compiled it you may have selected different options with your ./configure, for example a different data directory location, so if you use the older start command it may be failing to start...
that caught me out 30mins ago...... m. Quoting Egor Egorov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Nigel, > Monday, July 01, 2002, 6:32:53 PM, you wrote: > > NG> I've tried to get MySQL to install and run from source. > > NG> I configured and compiled without any errors. However when trying to > start > NG> the service i get the following: > > NG> ERROR 2002: Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket > NG> '/tmp/mysql.sock' (2) > > NG> Can anyone help me please? I'm running SuSE Enterprise 7.3 > > Is your MySQL server running? > > > > > > -- > For technical support contracts, goto https://order.mysql.com/?ref=ensita > This email is sponsored by Ensita.net http://www.ensita.net/ > __ ___ ___ ____ __ > / |/ /_ __/ __/ __ \/ / Egor Egorov > / /|_/ / // /\ \/ /_/ / /__ [EMAIL PROTECTED] > /_/ /_/\_, /___/\___\_\___/ MySQL AB / Ensita.net > <___/ www.mysql.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