Hi, I'm having some trouble getting mysql going.
I've had it on my system for a while, had a bash at it once using a
long-forgotten password, and never did
get it working properly. Now I'm getting the error message below.

> Aug 21 14:53:19 tux mysqld_safe[3459]: started
> Aug 21 14:53:19 tux mysqld[3463]: 050821 14:53:19 /usr/sbin/mysqld:
> unknown variable 'old_passwords=1'
> Aug 21 14:53:19 tux mysqld[3463]:
> Aug 21 14:53:19 tux mysqld_safe[3465]: ended
> Aug 21 14:53:25 tux /etc/init.d/mysql[3528]: 0 processes alive and
> '/usr/bin/mysqladmin --defaults-file=/etc/mysql/debian.cnf ping'
> resulted in
> Aug 21 14:53:25 tux /etc/init.d/mysql[3528]: ^G/usr/bin/mysqladmin:
> connect to server at 'localhost' failed
> Aug 21 14:53:25 tux /etc/init.d/mysql[3528]: error: 'Can't connect to
> local MySQL server through socket '/var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock' (2)'
> Aug 21 14:53:25 tux /etc/init.d/mysql[3528]: Check that mysqld is
> running and that the socket: '/var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock' exists!
> Aug 21 14:53:25 tux /etc/init.d/mysql[3528]:

Trying to run mysql does not work,

> Tux:~# mysql
> ERROR 2002: Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket
> '/var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock' (2)


and '/var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock' does not exist.

> Tux:/var/run/mysqld# ls -la
> total 8
> drwxr-xr-x   2 mysql root 4096 Aug  4 22:10 .
> drwxr-xr-x  27 root  root 4096 Aug 21 13:30 ..

I'd appreciate any constructive ideas.

Cheers,

Adam Bogacki,
[EMAIL PROTECTED]





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