From: Reindl Harald
Date: April 26 2011 1:30pm
Subject: Re: problem starting server
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Am 26.04.2011 14:56, schrieb Gergely Buday:
> Hi there,
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> I installed a mysql server on my Mac using homebrew.
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> $ mysql --version
> mysql  Ver 14.12 Distrib 5.0.91, for apple-darwin10.0 (i386) using
> EditLine wrapper
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> When trying to start it I get
>=20
> $ mysql.server start
> Starting MySQL
> .. ERROR! The server quit without updating PID file
> (/usr/local/var/mysql/dbxserver.lan.pid).
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> What should I do to start MySQL?

does the mysql-user have write-permissions to /usr/local/var/mysql/?
this is the default workingdir and there are the databases stored
too in the "data" folder


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