anand, Wednesday, September 11, 2002, 8:05:48 AM, you wrote: av> I have redhat linux 7.1 and I have downloaded mysql-3.23.52 av> and followed all the instructions as to how to install and how av> to bring up the database.... the scripts/mysql_install_db worked av> fine and then I did ./bin/safe_mysqld and that worked fine too av> but when I tried to execute the mysql program I got the following error
av> [root@abacusweb mysql]# bin/safe_mysqld & av> [1] 25307 av> [root@abacusweb mysql]# Starting mysqld daemon with databases from av> /var/lib/mysq av> l av> [root@abacusweb mysql]# av> [root@abacusweb mysql]# mysql av> ERROR 2002: Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket av> '/tmp/mysql.sock' av> (111) av> ================================= av> I don't know how to run and capture the output from mysqlbug program av> and if some one tells me how to redirect the output from mysqlbug program av> I appreciate that If MySQL server is running, check where mysql.sock is located and specify path to the socket file with --socket option or edit my.cnf file. -- For technical support contracts, goto https://order.mysql.com/?ref=ensita This email is sponsored by Ensita.net http://www.ensita.net/ __ ___ ___ ____ __ / |/ /_ __/ __/ __ \/ / Victoria Reznichenko / /|_/ / // /\ \/ /_/ / /__ [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