On Wed, Jul 17, 2002 at 04:40:50PM -0400, Richard Fox wrote: : : The MySQL daemon does not run. I installed the binary RPM's from the RH cd, : MySQL 3.23.49. I run mysql_install_db, outputs some text and appears to : execute correctly. The I run safe_mysqld &, and I get: : : [root@thor rfox]# /usr/bin/safe_mysqld & : [1] 2212 : [root@thor rfox]# Starting mysqld daemon with databases from /var/lib/mysql : 020717 15:21:28 mysqld ended : : That's it! I tried both the rpm and compiling it myself from source with : BOTH gcc 2.96 and gcc 3.0.4. Exact same behavior
If it's the RPMs from RH, have you tried /etc/init.d/mysqld start? That's the standard way of starting services on RH. Have you looked in /var/log/mysqld.log for any errors? * Philip Molter * Texas.net Internet * http://www.texas.net/ * [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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