Hi, I just uninstalled and reinstalled and got it to work on port 3306, but I can't get it to work on any other port. As I said, I have changed this in my.ini. Is there something else I should be doing to get this to work on a non-standard port.....?
TIA ----- Original Message ----- From: "C. Reeve" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "MySQL List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, January 14, 2003 12:54 AM Subject: Problem on WinXP > Hi, > > I just installed MySQL on my WinXP box and not sure what's going on. The > server starts (or so it says it does) but I get an error saying I can't > connect to localhost. Not sure what else to say. I have included some info > below (note that I changed the port to 3308 in my.ini as Linux Mysql is > using 3306 - although using 3306 does nothing for Windows). A scan of my > Windows machine shows that neither of these ports are open. I am also behind > a Linksys router and have forwarding directed to Windows on port 3308. Any > info is appreciated. > > I have done some searches on this error and have not come up with anything > that works..... > > TIA > > D:\Language\MySQL 3.23\bin>net start mysql > The MySql service is starting. > The MySql service was started successfully. > > D:\Language\MySQL 3.23\bin>mysqladmin create dbtest > mysqladmin: connect to server at 'localhost' failed > error: 'Can't connect to MySQL server on 'localhost' (10061)' > Check that mysqld is running on localhost and that the port is 3306. > You can check this by doing 'telnet localhost 3306' > > D:\Language\MySQL 3.23\bin>mysql > ERROR 2003: Can't connect to MySQL server on 'localhost' (10061) > > [mysqld] > basedir=D:/Language/MySQL 3.23 > #bind-address=192.168.1.100 > datadir=D:/Language/MySQL 3.23/data > #language=D:/Language/MySQL 3.23/share/your language directory > #slow query log#= > #tmpdir#= > port=3308 > #set-variable=key_buffer=16M > [WinMySQLadmin] > Server=D:/Language/MySQL 3.23/bin/mysqld-nt.exe > user=xxxxxxxxxxx > password=xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > QueryInterval=10 > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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 > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
