Re: Can't start mysqld from Source Distro - can't readmessagefile errmsg.sys

2002-09-09 Thread Tony Butcher
I think I have solved this - though what I had to do was weird. In mysql-VERSION/support-files there's a program called comp_err. You need to cd to the share/language directory and run # comp_err errmsg.txt errmsg.sys Then run scripts/mysql_install_db. Why should I have to do this? Sounds

Re: Can't start mysqld from Source Distro - can't readmessagefile errmsg.sys

2002-09-06 Thread Tony Butcher
Sorry, user mysql and group mysql already exist, and permissions were already set correctly. It didn't work. Any more ideas? Thanks again. Tony From: Gerald Clark [EMAIL PROTECTED] Organization: Supplier Systems Corporation Date: Fri, 06 Sep 2002 13:30:29 -0500 To: Tony Butcher [EMAIL