MySQL Newbie: MySQL stops as soon as it starts

I'm a newbie to MySQL. I'm trying to run it on Red Hat 9. After running mysql_install_db, I switch to the directory where mysql.sock is located and enter safe_mysqld . Here's a copy of the shell output: # safe_mysqld [1] 7549 # Starting mysqld daemon with databases from /var/lib/mysql 030626

Re: MySQL Newbie: MySQL stops as soon as it starts

wrote: What does the error log say? David Shealy wrote: I'm a newbie to MySQL. I'm trying to run it on Red Hat 9. After running mysql_install_db, I switch to the directory where mysql.sock is located and enter safe_mysqld . Here's a copy of the shell output: # safe_mysqld [1] 7549