Re: mysql.sock file exists, but still cannot connect to server

[Michael Stassen]

Details should be in the .err file in the data directory 
(/usr/local/mysql/data/whitestar.alpha.net.err, in your case).

Michael

Alex Majora wrote:

> Additionally, this is what I get when I try to launch mysqld manually:
> 
> $ sudo ./bin/mysqld_safe &
> [1] 2058
>  Starting mysqld daemon with databases from /usr/local/mysql/data
>  STOPPING server from pid file 
> /usr/local/mysql/data/whitestar.alpha.net.pid
>  050119 17:13:12  mysqld ended
> 
> Is there a way to have mysqld issue more verbose error messages?
> 
> Thanks!
> Alex
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