I'm a newbie to mysql. I'm running an os10.3 server with mysql v. 4.0.16
When I try to start mysql with 'mysqld_safe &' I get a message that: "Starting mysqld daemon with databases from /var/mysql" "040116 10:07:57 mysqld ended" then nothing... the terminal is blank.
when I then do 'ps auwx | grep mysql' I get that only the grep process is running.
then when I do 'mysql -u root' I get this error:
ERROR 2002: Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket '/tmp/mysql.sock' (61)
I checked in /tmp and mysql.sock is there.
I'm think that there's something wrong with my /var/mysql database?
Also thinking that I'd be best off re-installing mysql - but how?
I've tried 'rpm -qa \ grep MySQL' but aparently this 'rpm' command is not available.
any help appreciated.
ta tait
tait sanders computer technician sir robert webster bldg trc unsw
