Kevin, have you got install Apache HTTP server?
--- Kevin Walker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> &eacgr;&ggr;&rgr;&agr;&psgr;&egr;: > Hi all > > I've recently downloaded and installed MySQL 3.23.52 > for Windows. I'm > running Win95 OSR2, and Winsock2 is installed. This > is a standalone PC with > no web server or PHP installed on it. > > As per the manual I started the server using > c:\mysql\bin\mysqld. By > pressed Ctrl-Alt-Del I can confirm that mysqld is in > the task list. The > mysql.err file states 'Waiting for connections'. > > I then tried to close the server, using mysqladmin > -u root shutdown. This > generated the message 'Unknown MySQL Server Host > 'localhost' (11001). Check > that mysqld is running on localhost and that the > port is 3306'. > > If I type 'telnet localhost 3306' I get the message > box titled 'Connect > Failed'. > > Similarly, if I try to run mysql itself I get Error > 2005: Unknown MySQL > Server Host 'localhost' (11001). > > I don't have any my.ini or my.cnf files resident on > this PC. None was > created by the setup program. > > It seems I've overlooked something quite simple, but > this is my very first > attempt to work with MySQL. Can anybody suggest what > I have done wrong, or > what I have failed to do or set? Thanks if you can > help. > > Rgds > Kevin > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > Please check > "http://www.mysql.com/Manual_chapter/manual_toc.html" > before > posting. To request this thread, e-mail > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To unsubscribe, send a message to the address shown > in the > List-Unsubscribe header of this message. If you > cannot see it, > e-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] instead. > ____________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? &Agr;&pgr;&ogr;&kgr;&tgr;&eeacgr;&sgr;&tgr;&egr; &tgr;&eegr; &dgr;&ohgr;&rgr;&egr;&aacgr;&ngr; @yahoo.gr &dgr;&igr;&egr;&uacgr;&thgr;&ugr;&ngr;&sgr;&eegr; &sgr;&agr;&sfgr; &sgr;&tgr;&ogr; http://www.otenet.gr --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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