>Description: I've tried several times to get mysql to install on my linux box, to no avail. Everytime, the mysql_install_db script hangs when it tries to run mysqld. Running mysqld by hand hangs the same way as well. I've seen over a dozen reports of this on the mysql mailing list in the last year and no real answers have ever been given.
------------- Output from mysql_install_db ---------------- [root]# scripts/mysql_install_db Preparing db table Preparing host table Preparing user table Preparing func table Preparing tables_priv table Preparing columns_priv table Installing all prepared tables ------------- Output from ps ---------------- [root]# ps -elf | grep my 100 S root 19592 19173 0 69 0 - 548 wait4 10:26 pts/1 00:00:00 /bin/sh scripts/mysql_install_db 100 S root 19597 19592 0 69 0 - 5132 rt_sig 10:26 pts/1 00:00:00 ./bin/mysqld --bootstrap --skip-grant-tables --basedir=. --datadir=./data --skip 040 S root 19598 19597 0 69 0 - 5132 do_pol 10:26 pts/1 00:00:00 ./bin/mysqld --bootstrap --skip-grant-tables --basedir=. --datadir=./data --skip 040 S root 19599 19598 0 69 0 - 5132 rt_sig 10:26 pts/1 00:00:00 ./bin/mysqld --bootstrap --skip-grant-tables --basedir=. --datadir=./data --skip 100 S root 19603 19316 0 70 0 - 406 pipe_w 10:27 pts/2 00:00:00 grep my ------------- Output from last lines of strace ---------------- 19255 clone(child_stack=0x83a8c38, flags=CLONE_VM|CLONE_FS|CLONE_FILES|CLONE_SIGHAND) = 19256 19255 write(4, "\v\0\0\0\5\0\0\0\1\0\0\0\0\0\0\2\0\0\0\0/\0\0\0\20\27\0" ..., 148) = 148 19255 rt_sigprocmask(SIG_SETMASK, NULL, [HUP QUIT PIPE TERM TSTP RT_0], 8) = 0 19255 write(4, "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" ..., 148) = 148 19255 rt_sigprocmask(SIG_SETMASK, NULL, [HUP QUIT PIPE TERM TSTP RT_0], 8) = 0 19255 rt_sigsuspend([HUP QUIT PIPE TERM TSTP] ------------- End ---------------- A quick google search on rt_sigsuspend indicates that the pthreads library may be at fault. >How-To-Repeat: scripts/mysql_install_db >Fix: >Submitter-Id: <submitter ID> >Originator: root >Organization: >MySQL support: none >Synopsis: mysql_install_db hangs >Severity: critical >Priority: high >Category: mysql >Class: sw-bug >Release: mysql-4.0.11-gamma-standard (Official MySQL-standard binary) >C compiler: 2.95.3 >C++ compiler: 2.95.3 >Environment: System: Linux island.dyksterhouse.org 2.4.2-2 #1 Sun Apr 8 20:41:30 EDT 2001 i686 unknown Architecture: i686 Some paths: /usr/bin/perl /usr/bin/make /usr/bin/gmake /usr/bin/gcc /usr/bin/cc GCC: Reading specs from /usr/lib/gcc-lib/i386-redhat-linux/2.96/specs gcc version 2.96 20000731 (Red Hat Linux 7.1 2.96-81) Compilation info: CC='gcc' CFLAGS='-O2 -mcpu=pentiumpro' CXX='gcc' CXXFLAGS='-O2 -mcpu=pentiumpro -felide-constructors' LDFLAGS='' ASFLAGS='' LIBC: lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 19 Feb 12 2002 /lib/libc.so.5 -> /lib/libc.so.5.3.12 -rwx------ 1 root root 699832 Feb 12 2002 /lib/libc.so.5.3.12 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 13 Jul 26 2001 /lib/libc.so.6 -> libc-2.2.2.so -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 1236396 Apr 6 2001 /lib/libc-2.2.2.so -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 26350254 Apr 6 2001 /usr/lib/libc.a -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 178 Apr 6 2001 /usr/lib/libc.so Configure command: ./configure '--prefix=/usr/local/mysql' '--with-comment=Official MySQL-standard binary' '--with-extra-charsets=complex' '--with-server-suffix=-standard' '--enable-thread-safe-client' '--enable-local-infile' '--enable-assembler' '--disable-shared' '--with-client-ldflags=-all-static' '--with-mysqld-ldflags=-all-static' '--with-innodb' 'CFLAGS=-O2 -mcpu=pentiumpro' 'CXXFLAGS=-O2 -mcpu=pentiumpro -felide-constructors' 'CXX=gcc' --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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