Peter Moscatt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I have just installed 'MySQL-server' and > 'MySQL-client' onto a Mandrake 9.1 system. > > The two RPMs installed without error and running mysql > from the shell was fine and did what was expected of > it. > > I have now rebooted the system and when I go to the > shell to issue the 'mysql' command I get the following > error: > > ERROR 2002: Can't connect to local MySQL server > through socket '/var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock' >
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