what does this mean please?

ERROR 2002: Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket '/tmp/mysql.sock' (2) and how you fix it? thanks. - Before posting, please check: http://www.mysql.com/manual.php (the manual) http://lists.mysql.com/

Re: what does this mean please?

ERROR 2002: Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket '/tmp/mysql.sock' (2) and how you fix it? It means you have no local socket for mysql to connect through. Meaning, something/someone either deleted or mangled /tmp/mysql.sock or mysqld isn't running to begin with. Try to