On Sat, 9 Nov 2002, Jack Chen wrote: > I have just figured out: > > kill -9 xxx (process number) >
Hi! Did you try just 'kill xxx'? How about 'mysqladmin shutdown'? 'kill -9' is an extremely cruel way to bring a server down. You may get corrupted databases that way, although sometimes it's the only option. Regards, Iikka > On Sat, 9 Nov 2002, Jack Chen wrote: > > > Hi All, > > > > Please help me with this problem: > > > > For some reason, I could not bring down my mysqld by running > > > > mysqld stop > > > > An error message indicate: fail > > > > What's going on? > > > > Thanks, > > > > Jack > > > > ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > > Jack Chen, Stein Lab, Cold Spring Harbor Labs > > 1 Bungtown Road, Cold Spring Harbor, NY, 11724 > > Tel: 1 516 3676904; e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ****************************************** * Iikka Meriläinen * * E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * * Vaala, Finland * ****************************************** --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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