At 12:48 -0400 4/8/02, Jay Hill wrote:
>I'm having trouble keeping MySQL running on my computer (PowerBook
>G3 -Firewire, 576MB RAM, G3/400 - 40GB HD with plenty free in the
>main OS X partition). I'm running OS X 10.1.3.
>
>1. I installed MySQL (binary) in \Users\hill\MySQL\ directory
>(logged in as me/hill, not root)
DOS paths? What?
>2. I can run the install and safe_mysqld and initially get the
>database up and running.
> I can log in as root (database not OS), assign passwords. I
>can even load PHPMyAdmin and manage the databases.
>3. If I restart the computer or log-off/log-on, I've received
>different errors.
> The main error is "Error 2002: Can't connect to local MySQL
>server through socket '/tmp/mysql.sock' (2)".
> I've also gotten an error that the current user is not
>authorized or some other issue with password. I can't connect
> to the database to test out what the 'password' is supposed to
>be. So then .....
>4. If I delete the \data\ directory contents, I can reinstall and
>go through the process again.
>
>It will work well until I do a sleep or restart and then I must
>delete and do everything all over.
Sounds like you don't have your system set up to start MySQL at boot
time. Go to this page:
http://www.entropy.ch/software/macosx/mysql/
The page contains a link for an item called mysql-startupitem.pkg.tar.gz.
Download that package and install it. Then cd into
/Library/StartupItems/MySQL and edit the file MySQL in that directory
to reflect the actual pathname where your MySQL distribution is installed.
>
>I'm somewhat new to UNIX (used it many years ago) and don't know all
>the tricks, tests but am not uncomfortable digging around for fixes.
>And I know there are too many folks with success that it's obviously
>something on/about my system, but not sure where to dive in. Can
>someone give me an idea as to why the database won't keep running or
>at least some things to check for?
>
>Thanks in advance for any help.
>--
>
>Jay Hill
>NetLearning, Inc.
>Knoxville, Tennessee
>865.251.4335
>www.net-learning.com
