MySQL won't run on Ubuntu 10.10

2010-10-16 Thread Dave M G
MySQL List, I'm running Ubuntu 10.10, and I have a LAMP server which is not connected to the internet, but is just used for locally creating and testing web sites. MySQL does not seem to be running, however. Check out the output from these commands: ~$ sudo service mysql start mysql

Re: MySQL won't run on Ubuntu 10.10

2010-10-16 Thread Sander de Bruijne
Check whether mysql is running: ps aux | grep mysqld If MySQL is not running, check /var/log/mysql/error.log for errors. Have you changed /etc/mysql/my.cnf and/or /etc/mysql/conf.d/*.cnf or are are you still using the default config files from Ubuntu? On 10/16/2010 06:30 PM, Dave M G wrote:

Re: MySQL won't run on Ubuntu 10.10 [SOLVED]

2010-10-16 Thread Dave M G
Bruijne, Thank you for responding. The my.cnf file was fine, but when you mentioned it, it sparked a long forgotten memory that there was something specific to Ubuntu that affects who has access to files like my.cnf. After a little web searching, I realized it is a security thing called