Re: MySQL not running on fresh LAMP install

[Glyn Astill]

--- On Wed, 17/9/08, Dave M G <dave@stripped> wrote:

> From: Dave M G <dave@stripped>
> Subject: Re: MySQL not running on fresh LAMP install
> To: mysql@stripped
> Date: Wednesday, 17 September, 2008, 12:51 PM
> TLUG,
> 
> Thanks for the helpful advice.
> 
> Unfortunately I've hit an error I don't know what
> to do about.
> 
> The symlink solution worked, but Ubuntu clears the /tmp
> directory on 
> every boot. So I edited the my.cnf file to use
> /tmp/mysql.sock.
> 

Does the .pid file exist in either /var/run/mysqld/ or /tmp/ at the moment?

What symlink did you make?