Dick Griffin wrote:
>
> Ahhh, but it really is, according to 'top' and netstat
> -rn
>
> The server is running,
>
> Are you suggesting that maby /tmp/mysql.sock is the
> issure?
>
> It is running, on port 3306
>
> On Fri, 20 Aug 1999, Darrell Shifflett wrote:
>
> >>>
> >>> On Fri, 20 Aug 1999, Dick Griffin wrote:
> >>>
> >>> > The dreaded ERROR 2002
> >>> >
> >>> > surely someone knows what that means?
> >>> >
> >>> > MySQL was installed and worked well, till I rebooted,
> >>> > and now when I try to use Mysql the following occurs
> >>> >
> >>> > $ mysql -u dick -p
> >>> > Enter password: (which I do)
> >>> > ERROR 2002 Can't connect to local MySQL server through
> >>> > socket '/tmp/mysql.sock' (2)
> >>>
> >>> Your server isnt running ....
> >>>
> >>>
>
> Dick Griffin
> At Home
>
The server may be running, but it may not be accepting connections on
/tmp/mysql.sock for several reasons:
- it is accepting them on some other file
- it is using only TCP/IP
- it has entered into an inconsistent state, and altough running, is
not accepting connections
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Sasha Pachev
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