Check your log file for details. Probably because of file permissions of data folder.
Best Regards, Cemal Dalar a.k.a Jimmy System Administrator & Web Developer http://www.gittigidiyor.com & http://www.dalar.net ----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, June 17, 2004 12:47 PM Subject: starting mysql server Hello all, I have installed mysql and in one of the tutorials it has told me to do the following: "You can start the MySQL server with the following command: shell> ./bin/mysqld_safe --user=mysql &" However when I did this I got the following: ----------------------------------------------------------------------- linskull:/home/mikem/local/mysql # ./bin/mysqld_safe --user=mysql & Starting mysqld daemon with databases from /home/mikem/local/mysql/data 040617 10:37:40 mysqld ended ----------------------------------------------------------------------- As you can see the shell just goes idle. Is this what is supposed to happen or what am I doing wrong? -- 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]
