From: Dave Nelson Date: March 30 1999 12:28pm Subject: Re: Unable to start the binary build version of mysqld. List-Archive: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql/1183 Message-Id: <3700C375.26DBC061@indyweb.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit The script "configure" doe's execute the mysql_install_db script, and just to make sure I did it myself. Mysqld still can not find "mysql.host". I looked in the "var/myslq" directory and it contains a host table. I'm not sure if thats what it's looking for. Dave Michael Widenius wrote: > >>>>> "root" == root writes: > > >> Description: > root> When I ran "configure" the "mysqld" exited on startup. I also tried the > root> safe_mysqld with the same results. > root> The following is what was contained in the error file "corp1.err", corp1 > root> is the correct machine name of this server (corp1.indyweb.net): > > root> mysqld started on Sun Mar 28 09:04:09 EST 1999 > root> 990328 9:04:09 /usr/local/mysql-3.22.20a-pc-linux-gnu-i686/bin/mysqld: > root> Table 'mysql.host' doesn't exist > root> mysqld ended on Sun Mar 28 09:04:09 EST 1999 > > > > Hi! > > Please read the installation section in the MySQL manual! > > The problem is that you haven't executed the mysql_install_db script! > > Regards, > Monty -- ********************** Dave Nelson IndyWeb Inc. 6508 E. Washington St. Indianapolis Indiana 46219 317.356.3639 dave@stripped **********************