What operating system are you using? What does your my.cnf look like for the sections [mysqld] ... socket= ...
Can you connect to the MySQL server? >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Original Message <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< On 3/4/04, 10:14:26 AM, Scott Bounds <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote regarding RE: Can't seem to get to run properly - Checked by Vexira - - Checked b: > I have looked in the default location (/tmp/mysql.sock) and it is not there. > I have done a "locate mysql.sock" and it comes back with nothing. I am a > total noob to mysql so I don't know how to do many things. I picked up a > couple of books yesterday but they don't seem to answer my problem. Most > say that it is because of permissions. I have chowned the files per > instructions on sites so I hope they are correct. I hope this helps some. > Thanks for answering! > Scott Bounds, BSEE > Benton/Washington Regional Public Water Authority > 15531 Woods Lodge Road > Rogers, AR 72756 > PH: (479) 451-9516 > FAX: (479) 451-9992 > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, March 04, 2004 10:03 AM > To: root > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: Can't seem to get to run properly - Checked by Vexira - - > Checked b > Does the socket actually exists? Are you able to connect via port? > >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Original Message <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< > On 3/4/04, 9:04:02 AM, root <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote regarding Can't > seem to get to run properly - Checked by Vexira -: > > >Description: > > I keep getting the same old can't connect to mysql.sock error. I > have revied many of the sites and forums and tried most (if not all) > solutions. Is there something I have missed? Thanks in advance for any > help. > > >How-To-Repeat: > > > > >Fix: > > > > >Submitter-Id: <submitter ID> > > >Originator: root > > >Organization: > > >MySQL support: [none | licence | email support | extended email support > ] > > >Synopsis: > > >Severity: > > >Priority: > > >Category: mysql > > >Class: > > >Release: mysql-3.23.54 (Source distribution) > > >Environment: > > > > System: Linux mail.bwrpwa.org 2.4.20-6 #1 Thu Feb 27 10:06:59 EST 2003 > i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux > > Architecture: i686 > > Some paths: /usr/bin/perl /usr/bin/make /usr/bin/gmake /usr/bin/gcc > /usr/bin/cc > > GCC: Reading specs from /usr/lib/gcc-lib/i386-redhat-linux/3.2.2/specs > > Configured with: ../configure --prefix=/usr --mandir=/usr/share/man > --infodir=/usr/share/info --enable-shared --enable-threads=posix > --disable-checking --with-system-zlib --enable-__cxa_atexit > --host=i386-redhat-linux > > Thread model: posix > > gcc version 3.2.2 20030222 (Red Hat Linux 3.2.2-5) > > Compilation info: CC='i386-redhat-linux-gcc' CFLAGS='-O2 -march=i386 > -mcpu=i686 -g -D_GNU_SOURCE -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 -D_LARGEFILE_SOURCE' > CXX='i386-redhat-linux-g++' CXXFLAGS='-O2 -march=i386 -mcpu=i686 -g > -D_GNU_SOURCE -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 -D_LARGEFILE_SOURCE -fno-rtti > -fno-exceptions' LDFLAGS='' > > LIBC: > > lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 13 Jan 14 14:54 /lib/libc.so.6 -> > libc-2.3.2.so > > -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 1566428 Feb 27 2003 > /lib/libc-2.3.2.so > > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2321334 Feb 27 2003 /usr/lib/libc.a > > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 204 Feb 27 2003 /usr/lib/libc.so > > lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Jan 14 15:34 > /usr/lib/libc-client.a -> c-client.a > > Configure command: ./configure '--host=i386-redhat-linux' > '--build=i386-redhat-linux' '--target=i386-redhat-linux-gnu' > '--program-prefix=' '--prefix=/usr' '--exec-prefix=/usr' > '--bindir=/usr/bin' '--sbindir=/usr/sbin' '--sysconfdir=/etc' > '--datadir=/usr/share' '--includedir=/usr/include' '--libdir=/usr/lib' > '--libexecdir=/usr/libexec' '--localstatedir=/var' > '--sharedstatedir=/usr/com' '--mandir=/usr/share/man' > '--infodir=/usr/share/info' '--without-readline' '--without-debug' > '--enable-shared' '--with-extra-charsets=complex' '--with-bench' > '--localstatedir=/var/lib/mysql' > '--with-unix-socket-path=/var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock' > '--with-mysqld-user=mysql' '--with-extra-charsets=all' '--with-innodb' > '--enable-local-infile' '--enable-large-files=yes' '--enable-largefile=yes' > '--with-berkeley-db-includes=/usr/include' > '--with-berkeley-db-libs=/usr/lib' '--enable-thread-safe-client' > 'CFLAGS=-O2 -march=i386 -mcpu=i686 -g -D_GNU_SOURCE -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 > -D_LARGEFILE_SOURCE' 'CXXFLA! > > GS=-O2 -march=i386 -mcpu=i686 -g -D_GNU_SOURCE -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 > -D_LARGEFILE_SOURCE -fno-rtti -fno-exceptions' > 'build_alias=i386-redhat-linux' 'host_alias=i386-redhat-linux' > 'target_alias=i386-redhat-linux-gnu' > > -- > > MySQL General Mailing List > > For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql > > To unsubscribe: > http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED] -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]