Howdy, I've used MySQL before, a few years ago, under Slackware. I never could get it to compile (despite lots of help from folks here), but a pre-rolled binary did just fine for what I needed at the time. That system is no longer hooked up.
I've recently installed a newer version of Slack (7.0 I believe) which comes with MySQL in it, but I can't get mysqld to run either on its own or (preferably) with safe_mysqld. It appears that all the scripts are in /usr/bin/, mysqld is in /usr/libexec/ and the data files are off of /var/lib/mysql/. I did do mysql_install_db, but, when I try to use safe_mysqld &, it says that it's starting, and then it says that it's done. When I look in /var/lib/mysql/ there is a .err file that says "/usr/libexec/mysqld Can't find file: './mysql/host.frm' (errno: 13)". It's very insistant about this, btw -- I've checked several times, and that's all that it has to say about that. The manual says that errno: 13 means we've got a permission problem, but I've tried chmod to the /var/lib/mysql/ and /var/lib/mysql/mysql/ directories and their contents, and that doesn't seem to make anybody happier. So, for you folks I've seen in the archive saying how Slack rocks (with which I agree), a hand would be appreciated. Additional data in case it's handy: mysqlaccess indicates that this is: $VERSION = "2.06, 20 Dec 2000"; and $SERVER = "3.21" Any other information you can tell me how to find out for you will be given on request, but I may ask for commonly used words to be defined or clarified because I'm not all that great with this stuff. TIA, Blain -- ( ) ASCII ribbon campaign X against HTML e-mail / \ --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
