I am running Mandrake Linux 8.2, with the RPMs upgraded to 9.0. It had MySQL 3.23 running on it.There should be an error log. I'm not sure where it goes for a binary installation.
I downloaded the current version of 4.0 from mysql.com tonight and isntalled it. I changed the old files from /usr/share/mysql to /usr/share/mysql3.23 and /var/lib/mysql to /var/lib/mysql3.23 (where the databases are stored).
I created a new /usr/share/mysql and unpacked the MySQL 4.0.x tarball into the directory, then followed the install instructions (basically changing /usr/local/ to /usr/share/ in bin/mysqlaccess and running scripts/mysql_install_db). I copied the 4.0 executables to /usr/bin (which I did without thinking -- realizing I forgot to backup the original 3.23 binaries in that directory -- my big mistake).
Now when I type
mysqld_safe --user=mysql &
the daemon starts, but I get another message almost immediately that it is exiting.
What's wrong and what do I need to do to get 4.0 working? Why is the daemon quitting on me?
Is anyone else using Mandrake and encountering similar problems?
Thanks!
Hal
Mine is /usr/local/mysql/var/hostname.err
Maybe in /var/lib/mysql somewhere
Anyway, look for your_hostname.err somewhere.
Probably you don't have directory permissions set up properly. See the INSTALL-SOURCE file for details of how to set the permissions. It's around 20-30% through the file.
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