What operating system are you using? What does your my.cnf look like for
the sections
[mysqld]
...
socket=
...
Can you connect to the MySQL server?
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Original Message
> <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
On 3/4/04, 10:14:26 AM, Scott Bounds <scott.bounds@stripped> wrote
regarding RE: Can't seem to get to run properly - Checked by Vexira - -
Checked b:
> I have looked in the default location (/tmp/mysql.sock) and it is not
there.
> I have done a "locate mysql.sock" and it comes back with nothing. I am a
> total noob to mysql so I don't know how to do many things. I picked up a
> couple of books yesterday but they don't seem to answer my problem. Most
> say that it is because of permissions. I have chowned the files per
> instructions on sites so I hope they are correct. I hope this helps
some.
> Thanks for answering!
> Scott Bounds, BSEE
> Benton/Washington Regional Public Water Authority
> 15531 Woods Lodge Road
> Rogers, AR 72756
> PH: (479) 451-9516
> FAX: (479) 451-9992
> scott.bounds@stripped
> -----Original Message-----
> From: vpendleton@stripped [mailto:vpendleton@stripped]
> Sent: Thursday, March 04, 2004 10:03 AM
> To: root
> Cc: mysql@stripped
> Subject: Re: Can't seem to get to run properly - Checked by Vexira - -
> Checked b
> Does the socket actually exists? Are you able to connect via port?
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Original
> Message <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
> On 3/4/04, 9:04:02 AM, root <root@stripped> wrote regarding Can't
> seem to get to run properly - Checked by Vexira -:
> > >Description:
> > I keep getting the same old can't connect to mysql.sock error. I
> have revied many of the sites and forums and tried most (if not all)
> solutions. Is there something I have missed? Thanks in advance for any
> help.
> > >How-To-Repeat:
> >
> > >Fix:
> >
> > >Submitter-Id: <submitter ID>
> > >Originator: root
> > >Organization:
> > >MySQL support: [none | licence | email support | extended email support
> ]
> > >Synopsis:
> > >Severity:
> > >Priority:
> > >Category: mysql
> > >Class:
> > >Release: mysql-3.23.54 (Source distribution)
> > >Environment:
> >
> > System: Linux mail.bwrpwa.org 2.4.20-6 #1 Thu Feb 27 10:06:59 EST 2003
> i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux
> > Architecture: i686
> > Some paths: /usr/bin/perl /usr/bin/make /usr/bin/gmake /usr/bin/gcc
> /usr/bin/cc
> > GCC: Reading specs from /usr/lib/gcc-lib/i386-redhat-linux/3.2.2/specs
> > Configured with: ../configure --prefix=/usr --mandir=/usr/share/man
> --infodir=/usr/share/info --enable-shared --enable-threads=posix
> --disable-checking --with-system-zlib --enable-__cxa_atexit
> --host=i386-redhat-linux
> > Thread model: posix
> > gcc version 3.2.2 20030222 (Red Hat Linux 3.2.2-5)
> > Compilation info: CC='i386-redhat-linux-gcc' CFLAGS='-O2 -march=i386
> -mcpu=i686 -g -D_GNU_SOURCE -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 -D_LARGEFILE_SOURCE'
> CXX='i386-redhat-linux-g++' CXXFLAGS='-O2 -march=i386 -mcpu=i686 -g
> -D_GNU_SOURCE -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 -D_LARGEFILE_SOURCE -fno-rtti
> -fno-exceptions' LDFLAGS=''
> > LIBC:
> > lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 13 Jan 14 14:54 /lib/libc.so.6 ->
> libc-2.3.2.so
> > -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 1566428 Feb 27 2003
> /lib/libc-2.3.2.so
> > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2321334 Feb 27 2003 /usr/lib/libc.a
> > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 204 Feb 27 2003 /usr/lib/libc.so
> > lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Jan 14 15:34
> /usr/lib/libc-client.a -> c-client.a
> > Configure command: ./configure '--host=i386-redhat-linux'
> '--build=i386-redhat-linux' '--target=i386-redhat-linux-gnu'
> '--program-prefix=' '--prefix=/usr' '--exec-prefix=/usr'
> '--bindir=/usr/bin' '--sbindir=/usr/sbin' '--sysconfdir=/etc'
> '--datadir=/usr/share' '--includedir=/usr/include' '--libdir=/usr/lib'
> '--libexecdir=/usr/libexec' '--localstatedir=/var'
> '--sharedstatedir=/usr/com' '--mandir=/usr/share/man'
> '--infodir=/usr/share/info' '--without-readline' '--without-debug'
> '--enable-shared' '--with-extra-charsets=complex' '--with-bench'
> '--localstatedir=/var/lib/mysql'
> '--with-unix-socket-path=/var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock'
> '--with-mysqld-user=mysql' '--with-extra-charsets=all' '--with-innodb'
> '--enable-local-infile' '--enable-large-files=yes'
'--enable-largefile=yes'
> '--with-berkeley-db-includes=/usr/include'
> '--with-berkeley-db-libs=/usr/lib' '--enable-thread-safe-client'
> 'CFLAGS=-O2 -march=i386 -mcpu=i686 -g -D_GNU_SOURCE
-D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64
> -D_LARGEFILE_SOURCE' 'CXXFLA!
> > GS=-O2 -march=i386 -mcpu=i686 -g -D_GNU_SOURCE -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64
> -D_LARGEFILE_SOURCE -fno-rtti -fno-exceptions'
> 'build_alias=i386-redhat-linux' 'host_alias=i386-redhat-linux'
> 'target_alias=i386-redhat-linux-gnu'
> > --
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