Getting started - mysql.sock error

2002-10-15 Thread George Pitcher
Hi, Iam back on this list after being diverted by job change - moving house etc. I've just set up one of my machines with Mandrake 9.0 and went for the included MySQL install (3.23). When I try to do anything I get an error saying that the 'mysql.sock' could not be found. I remember that this

re: Getting started - mysql.sock error

2002-10-15 Thread Egor Egorov
George, Tuesday, October 15, 2002, 2:55:14 PM, you wrote: GP Iam back on this list after being diverted by job change - moving house etc. GP I've just set up one of my machines with Mandrake 9.0 and went for the GP included MySQL install (3.23). GP When I try to do anything I get an error

RE: Getting started - mysql.sock error

2002-10-15 Thread George Pitcher
To: George Pitcher; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: Getting started - mysql.sock error When I try to do anything I get an error saying that the 'mysql.sock' could not be found. Actually, you probably got a more detailed error message than this. Try posting the entire error message - I

re: RE: Getting started - mysql.sock error

2002-10-15 Thread Egor Egorov
George, Tuesday, October 15, 2002, 5:09:47 PM, you wrote: GP Its slightly difficult doing it exactly as my email is on my W2K laptop - GP but here goes: GP error: 'Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket GP '/var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock' (2)' GP Check that mysqld is running and that the

RE: RE: Getting started - mysql.sock error

2002-10-15 Thread George Pitcher
Egor, Run ps ax | grep mysqld to see if mysqld is already running. This returns '11276 pts/1S 0:00 grep mysql' I have checked and cannot find mysql.sock anywhere. Cheers George - Before posting, please