On Fri, 16 Jan 2004, tait sanders wrote: > yep I've already done this. > everything I do comes back with the same error: > ERROR 2002: Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket > '/tmp/mysql.sock' (2) > > I even deleted the mysql.sock and used 'mysql_config --socket' to > recreate it. > this produces a new mysql.sock but then trying to start mysql produces > the error of before. > > can i uninstall mysql rather than deleting it. I've tried the 'rpm' > utility but it's not on my os. > > thanks heaps for all your help.
You can see if MySQL is actually running with ps. If it is running you can see what socket it's using with `netstat -a | grep mysql` You can try to connect through tcp/ip instead of the socket by using -h 127.0.0.1 at the commandline. If the server isn't up, the info should be in the error log why it doesn't like to start. cheers, Tobias -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]
