mySQL daemon fails after setting root password

[Jesse]

anyone know why the mysql daemon fails to start after I set the root 
password according to this:

http://dev.mysql.com/doc/mysql/en/Default_privileges.html
I use the command:
SET PASSWORD FOR 'root'@'localhost' = PASSWORD('newpwd');
SET PASSWORD FOR 'root'@'host_name' = PASSWORD('newpwd');
This is on SuSE 9.0 with mysql version 4.0.15
thanks
marshall

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