hi Nikhil This error comes when mysql service is not getting started and that happens coz the my.cnf settings is not proper according to ur system. u can do either for creating socket .... mysql --socket=/var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock at the command prompt
or [mysqld] datadir=/usr/local/mysql/data socket=/var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock [mysql.server] user=mysql basedir=/usr/local/mysql [client] socket=/var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock On Feb 12, 2008 8:28 PM, nikhil bharadwaj <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > hi all, > > I am using Fedora 7. I am unable to start my MySQL database. > > whenever i try to login i get the following error: > > ERROR 2002 (HY000): Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket > '/var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock' (2) > > i try to enter using the given command: > mysql -u root -p > > how should i proceed?? > > can anyone throw some light on it. > > Regards, > > nikhil > >
