Luc, I just installed RH 8.0 (i86) and also installed the MySQL (4.0.4) rpm's from the MySQL site (didn't use the ones on the RH 8.0 CD's -- they were 3.x.x). My machine is standalone so there are no other users accessing MySQL. MySQL worked fine except that it wouldn't launch when the system booted up and I had to su to start the MySQL daemon.
Looking at the online MySQL documentation, I saw that I could put a command in the /etc/rc.local file: "?/mysql.server start", where the "?" is the directory path for the mysql.server script. This worked OK but rc.local is read after Linux goes through all its other initializations. I also have RH 7.3 running on a different machine (also has MySQL 4.0.4) and the MySQL daemon starts up normally when the system boots up. I checked all the /etc/rcX.d (where X = 0, 1...6) directories and found that there were two differences between my RH 7.3 machine and my RH8.0 machine. After I changed my RH8.0 machine to have the same symlinks as the RH 7.3 machine, MySQL now boots up automatically with no problems. I probably should of checked the mysql script (found in /etc/init.d) between the two distributions, but I didn't see any indication of changes in the script (i.e, change dates, etc). Anyway, here are the symlink changes I made (all the mysql symlinks point to "../init.d/mysql": rc3.d --- change "K90mysql" to "S90mysql". rc5.d --- change "K90mysql" to "S90mysql". Good luck! -- Paul A. Valente The MITRE Corp. 202 Burlington Rd, M/S 1618A Bedford, MA 01730-1420 Office: 781.377.7753 Fax: 781.377.8652 or 6712 --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
