Mark Depenbrock <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I have installed a Mac OS X 'PKG' binary package on my OS version
> 10.2.6 Mac.
>
> I have been instructed that after the installation I can start up MySQL
> by running the following command lines:
>
> [Computer:/usr/local/mysql] mark% sudo ./bin/mysqld_safe
> Password:
> Starting mysqld daemon with databases from /usr/local/mysql/data
> 030707 12:31:53 mysqld ended
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
mysqld isn't running. Look in the <host_name>.err file in the MySQL data dir to see
error message.
> [Computer:/usr/local/mysql] mark% bg
> bg: No current job.
>
> Instructions state that I should now be able to connect to MySQL server,
> e.g. by running
>
> [Computer:/usr/local/mysql] mark% /usr/local/mysql/bin/mysql
> ERROR 2002: Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket
> '/tmp/mysql.sock' (61)
>
> It appears that the server is not running...any suggestions?
>
> I have checked to see if the mysql.sock exists and it appears to be
> there:
> [Computer:/usr/local/mysql] mark% ls /tmp
> 501 mysql.sock printers printing.462
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