bad source files of mysql-3.23.51

[Gianni]

Hello. I'm going to be crazy. But why I can't run myslq 3.23.51? I found this 
error also in mysql 3.23.49, but no in mysql 3.23.41 that worked well: it 
runs.
The error is clear:

root@linux:/usr/local/mysql > bin/safe_mysqld &
[1] 22688
root@linux:/usr/local/mysql > Starting mysqld daemon with databases from 
/usr/local/mysql/var
020705 01:15:13  mysqld ended

I looked at log:

020705 01:15:13  mysqld started
 /usr/local/mysql/libexec/mysqld: File './linux-bin.1' not found (Errcode: 13)
020705  1:15:13  Could not use linux-bin for logging (error 13)
020705  1:15:13  /usr/local/mysql/libexec/mysqld: Can't create/write to file 
'/usr/local/mysql/var/linux.pid' (Errcode: 13)
020705  1:15:13  /usr/local/mysql/libexec/mysqld: Can't find file: 
'./mysql/host.frm' (errno: 13)
020705  1:15:13  /usr/local/mysql/libexec/mysqld: Error on delete of 
'/usr/local/mysql/var/linux.pid' (Errcode: 13)
020705 01:15:13  mysqld ended

I typed ls /usr/local/mysql/var and I got:
linux-bin.001  linux-bin.index  linux.err  mysql  test

well I think linux-bin.1? But it's linux-bin.001, so I renamed the file, but 
it doesn't work.
I'm a Linux SuSE 7.1 user. Can you send me a patch for mysql-3.23.51.tar.gz 
please? Why don't you use the .tar.bz2 format that is smaller than .tar.gz?
I installed mysql so:

     shell> groupadd mysql
     shell> useradd -g mysql mysql
     shell> gunzip < mysql-VERSION.tar.gz | tar -xvf -
     shell> cd mysql-VERSION
     shell> ./configure --prefix=/usr/local/mysql
     shell> make
     shell> make install
     shell> scripts/mysql_install_db
     shell> chown -R root  /usr/local/mysql
     shell> chown -R mysql /usr/local/mysql/var
     shell> chgrp -R mysql /usr/local/mysql
     shell> cp support-files/my-medium.cnf /etc/my.cnf
     shell> /usr/local/mysql/bin/safe_mysqld --user=mysql &

Tell me how to provide to execute correctly mysql, please. I'm going crazy. 
Please :-(
Gianni

(A Linux User)