Hal Vaughan wrote:
I am running Mandrake Linux 8.2, with the RPMs upgraded to 9.0. It had MySQL
3.23 running on it.
I downloaded the current version of 4.0 from mysql.com tonight and isntalled
it. I changed the old files from /usr/share/mysql to /usr/share/mysql3.23
and /var/lib/mysql to /var/lib/mysql3.23 (where the databases are stored).
I created a new /usr/share/mysql and unpacked the MySQL 4.0.x tarball into the
directory, then followed the install instructions (basically changing
/usr/local/ to /usr/share/ in bin/mysqlaccess and running
scripts/mysql_install_db). I copied the 4.0 executables to /usr/bin (which I
did without thinking -- realizing I forgot to backup the original 3.23
binaries in that directory -- my big mistake).
Now when I type
mysqld_safe --user=mysql
the daemon starts, but I get another message almost immediately that it is
exiting.
What's wrong and what do I need to do to get 4.0 working? Why is the daemon
quitting on me?
Is anyone else using Mandrake and encountering similar problems?
Thanks!
Hal
There should be an error log. I'm not sure where it goes for a binary
installation.
Mine is /usr/local/mysql/var/hostname.err
Maybe in /var/lib/mysql somewhere
Anyway, look for your_hostname.err somewhere.
Probably you don't have directory permissions set up properly. See the
INSTALL-SOURCE file for details of how to set the permissions. It's
around 20-30% through the file.
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