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From:Todd O'Bryan Date:July 2 2003 4:24pm
Subject:Re: Can't start MySQL on Mac OS X
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OK. I've verified that no mysqld is running using Egor's command from 
below, and
by using netstat (which someone else suggested) there is nothing 
listening on port 3306.

Any new ideas?

Thanks,
Todd

On Wednesday, July 2, 2003, at 09:51  AM, Egor Egorov wrote:

> "Todd O'Bryan" <toddobryan@stripped> wrote:
>> Something bad has happened. MySQL was up and running on my machine, 
>> but
>> now it's not and I have a chicken and egg problem that I can't seem to
>> solve...
>>
>> I uninstalled any old versions of MySQL and I'm using the package
>> installer of version 4.0.13 on Mac OS 10.2.6.
>>
>> When I "cd /usr/local/" and "sudo ./bin/mysqld_safe" I get the
>> following:
>>
>> Starting mysqld daemon with databases from /usr/local/mysql/data
>> 030702 08:43:04  mysqld ended
>>
>> So, I check the log and here's what it says:
>>
>> 030702 08:43:04  mysqld started
>> 030702  8:43:04  Can't start server : Bind on unix socket: Permission
>> denied
>> 030702  8:43:04  Do you already have another mysqld server running on
>> socket: /tmp/mysql.sock ?
>> 030702  8:43:04  Aborting
>>
>> 030702  8:43:04  /usr/local/mysql/bin/mysqld: Shutdown Complete
>>
>> 030702 08:43:04  mysqld ended
>>
>> But, I'm pretty sure nothing's running because /tmp/mysql.sock doesn't
>> exist and when I run mysql I get:
>>
>> ERROR 2002: Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket
>> '/tmp/mysql.sock' (2)
>
> Check with
> 	ps ax| grep mysqld
>
> if mysqld is running. If mysqld is running, find mysql.sock file.
>
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Thread
Can't start MySQL on Mac OS XTodd O'Bryan2 Jul
  • Re: Can't start MySQL on Mac OS Xgerald_clark2 Jul
  • Re: Can't start MySQL on Mac OS XEgor Egorov2 Jul
    • Re: Can't start MySQL on Mac OS XTodd O'Bryan2 Jul
      • Re: Can't start MySQL on Mac OS XScott Franks2 Jul
    • Re: Can't start MySQL on Mac OS XTodd O'Bryan3 Jul