I have the same symptoms which are caused by mysqld crashing with a signal 4. Can you take a look at your log file and see if you have the same problem? Do the following:
$ sudo /etc/init.d/mysql start $ tail -n50 /var/log/syslog And look for a statement as to why mysqld shut down. I got a signal 4 on my system. Here's a trimmed-down version of the syslog: Oct 15 15:27:06 localhost mysqld_safe[30803]: started Oct 15 15:27:06 localhost mysqld[30806]: 061015 15:27:06 ... Oct 15 15:27:06 localhost mysqld[30806]: InnoDB: Doing recovery: scanned up to log sequence number 0 43655 Oct 15 15:27:06 localhost mysqld[30806]: mysqld got signal 4; ... Oct 15 15:27:06 localhost mysqld_safe[30812]: ended ... Oct 15 15:27:20 localhost /etc/init.d/mysql[30956]: error: 'Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket '/var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock' (2)' I just upgraded to Edgy beta to get the Radeon 7000 fix for a Dell PowerEdge 1800 (Xeon w/ HT and EMT64) and have this problem. I upgraded to Edgy beta on a Dell 640m laptop (Core Duo) and everything works fine. -Eric -- Socket missing with mysqld https://launchpad.net/bugs/45694 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs