Martin,
Looks like I need a different syntax but not something I understand.
root@Server:~# ps aux¦grep mysql
ERROR: Unsupported option (BSD syntax)
********* simple selection ********* ********* selection by list *********
-A all processes -C by command name
-N negate selection -G by real group ID (supports names)
-a all w/ tty except session leaders -U by real user ID (supports names)
-d all except session leaders -g by session OR by effective group
name
-e all processes -p by process ID
T all processes on this terminal -s processes in the sessions given
a all w/ tty, including other users -t by tty
g OBSOLETE -- DO NOT USE -u by effective user ID (supports
names)
r only running processes U processes for specified users
x processes w/o controlling ttys t by tty
*********** output format ********** *********** long options ***********
-o,o user-defined -f full --Group --User --pid --cols --ppid
-j,j job control s signal --group --user --sid --rows --info
-O,O preloaded -o v virtual memory --cumulative --format --deselect
-l,l long u user-oriented --sort --tty --forest --version
-F extra full X registers --heading --no-heading --context
********* misc options *********
-V,V show version L list format codes f ASCII art forest
-m,m,-L,-T,H threads S children in sum -y change -l format
-M,Z security data c true command name -c scheduling class
-w,w wide output n numeric WCHAN,UID -H process hierarchy
Iain
On 10 July 2013 14:16, Martin Nix <[email protected]> wrote:
> Sounds like mysql isn't running in the first place, do a :
>
> # ps aux | grep mysql
>
> Post the output back
>
> Martin
>
>
> On 10 July 2013 13:38, HARLEY IAIN <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> I am running Slackware 14 with KDE desktop. After running an update
>> whilst inadvertently logged into K-Mail Akonadi will not run and K-mail is
>> not functioning correctly.
>> The Akonadi error log is as follows:
>>
>> Database process exited unexpectedly during initial connection!
>> executable: "/usr/libexec/mysqld"
>> arguments: ("--defaults-file=/root/.local/share/akonadi/mysql.conf",
>> "--datadir=/root/.local/share/akonadi/db_data/",
>> "--socket=/root/.local/share/akonadi/socket-Server/mysql.socket")
>> stdout: ""
>> stderr: "130703 9:50:24 [ERROR] Fatal error: Please read "Security"
>> section of the manual to find out how to run mysqld as root!
>>
>> 130703 9:50:24 [ERROR] Aborting
>>
>> 130703 9:50:24 [Note] /usr/libexec/mysqld: Shutdown complete
>>
>> "
>> exit code: 1
>> process error: "Unknown error"
>> "[
>> 0: akonadiserver(_Z11akBacktracev+0x35) [0x8090755]
>> 1: akonadiserver() [0x8090a8f]
>> 2: linux-gate.so.1(__kernel_sigreturn+0) [0xffffe400]
>> 3: /lib/libc.so.6(gsignal+0x3c) [0xb6dd4d1c]
>> 4: /lib/libc.so.6(abort+0x143) [0xb6dd6533]
>> 5:
>> /usr/lib/qt/lib/libQtCore.so.4(_Z17qt_message_output9QtMsgTypePKc+0x86)
>> [0xb74ba2f6]
>> 6: akonadiserver(_ZN15FileDebugStream9writeDataEPKcx+0xd8) [0x8092988]
>> 7: /usr/lib/qt/lib/libQtCore.so.4(_ZN9QIODevice5writeEPKcx+0xe8)
>> [0xb7562cf8]
>> 8: /usr/lib/qt/lib/libQtCore.so.4(+0x11b0bd) [0xb756f0bd]
>> 9: /usr/lib/qt/lib/libQtCore.so.4(_ZN11QTextStreamD2Ev+0x3e) [0xb757828e]
>> 10: akonadiserver(_ZN13DbConfigMysql19startInternalServerEv+0x17ab)
>> [0x811d8ab]
>> 11:
>> akonadiserver(_ZN7Akonadi13AkonadiServer20startDatabaseProcessEv+0xe1)
>> [0x8093751]
>> 12: akonadiserver(_ZN7Akonadi13AkonadiServerC2EP7QObject+0xc6) [0x8094d86]
>> 13: akonadiserver(_ZN7Akonadi13AkonadiServer8instanceEv+0x46) [0x8096466]
>> 14: akonadiserver(main+0x137) [0x8089c07]
>> 15: /lib/libc.so.6(__libc_start_main+0xf3) [0xb6dbe7a3]
>> 16: akonadiserver() [0x808a501]
>> ]
>> "
>> Following instructions on the MySQL site on how to run this as root I try
>> to shut the server down with "mysqladmin shutdown" but only get the message:
>>
>> "mysqladmin: connect to server at 'localhost' failed
>> error: 'Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket
>> '/var/run/mysql/mysql.sock' (2)'
>> Check that mysqld is running and that the socket:
>> '/var/run/mysql/mysql.sock' exists!"
>>
>> When I look in /var/run/mysql/ there is nothing! In
>> Home/.local/share/akonadi/ there is a file mysql.conf that suggests that it
>> has its own version but both akonadiserver.socket and mysql.socket are
>> files with 0 bytes.
>> Can anybody help as I am at the limits of my understanding on this.
>> Iain
>>
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