Betr.: Re: How to start the MySQL server
Hi, See linuxconf, mysql is installed as a service which can be started manually or automatic via linuxconf. JvD >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 3-4-02 11:25:19 >>> On Wed, Apr 03, 2002 at 05:18:30PM +0800, Hammer wrote: > > Dear friends, > > I'm running RedHat Linux, I just downloaded the ~.tar.gz mysql file in my > /usr/local directory and uncompressed it. > > Now I can get the target directory but I don't know how to start the server. > > I tried: > ./bin/safe_mysqld --user=root & > but it doesn't work for me. > > Any help is warmly welcome. Could you first read the README file(s) that were in the .tar.gz file? You'll find the process explained there pretty well. Jeremy -- Jeremy D. Zawodny, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Technical Yahoo - Yahoo Finance Desk: (408) 349-7878 Fax: (408) 349-5454 Cell: (408) 685-5936 MySQL 3.23.47-max: up 54 days, processed 1,515,042,039 queries (319/sec. avg) - Before posting, please check: http://www.mysql.com/manual.php (the manual) http://lists.mysql.com/ (the list archive) To request this thread, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Trouble unsubscribing? Try: http://lists.mysql.com/php/unsubscribe.php - Before posting, please check: http://www.mysql.com/manual.php (the manual) http://lists.mysql.com/ (the list archive) To request this thread, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Trouble unsubscribing? Try: http://lists.mysql.com/php/unsubscribe.php
Re: How to start the MySQL server
Check out http://www.mysql.com/doc/I/n/Installing.html. BTW, are you downloading the binary distribution or source distribution? Hammer wrote: > > Dear friends, > > I'm running RedHat Linux, I just downloaded the ~.tar.gz mysql file in my > /usr/local directory and uncompressed it. > > Now I can get the target directory but I don't know how to start the server. > > I tried: > ./bin/safe_mysqld --user=root & > but it doesn't work for me. > > Any help is warmly welcome. > > Regards, > Yao > > - > Before posting, please check: >http://www.mysql.com/manual.php (the manual) >http://lists.mysql.com/ (the list archive) > > To request this thread, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To unsubscribe, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Trouble unsubscribing? Try: http://lists.mysql.com/php/unsubscribe.php -- Sammy Lau mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Tell me what you want and I'll tell you how you can live without it. - Before posting, please check: http://www.mysql.com/manual.php (the manual) http://lists.mysql.com/ (the list archive) To request this thread, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Trouble unsubscribing? Try: http://lists.mysql.com/php/unsubscribe.php
RE: How to start the MySQL server
usr/local/mysql/bin/safe_mysqld --user = mysql & or ./safe_mysqld --user = mysql & Have a look at /mysql/bin/var/hostname.err.log Hope this helps Simon -Original Message- From: Hammer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 03 April 2002 10:19 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: How to start the MySQL server Dear friends, I'm running RedHat Linux, I just downloaded the ~.tar.gz mysql file in my /usr/local directory and uncompressed it. Now I can get the target directory but I don't know how to start the server. I tried: ./bin/safe_mysqld --user=root & but it doesn't work for me. Any help is warmly welcome. Regards, Yao - Before posting, please check: http://www.mysql.com/manual.php (the manual) http://lists.mysql.com/ (the list archive) To request this thread, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Trouble unsubscribing? Try: http://lists.mysql.com/php/unsubscribe.php
Re: How to start the MySQL server
On Wed, Apr 03, 2002 at 05:18:30PM +0800, Hammer wrote: > > Dear friends, > > I'm running RedHat Linux, I just downloaded the ~.tar.gz mysql file in my > /usr/local directory and uncompressed it. > > Now I can get the target directory but I don't know how to start the server. > > I tried: > ./bin/safe_mysqld --user=root & > but it doesn't work for me. > > Any help is warmly welcome. Could you first read the README file(s) that were in the .tar.gz file? You'll find the process explained there pretty well. Jeremy -- Jeremy D. Zawodny, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Technical Yahoo - Yahoo Finance Desk: (408) 349-7878 Fax: (408) 349-5454 Cell: (408) 685-5936 MySQL 3.23.47-max: up 54 days, processed 1,515,042,039 queries (319/sec. avg) - Before posting, please check: http://www.mysql.com/manual.php (the manual) http://lists.mysql.com/ (the list archive) To request this thread, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Trouble unsubscribing? Try: http://lists.mysql.com/php/unsubscribe.php
