From: Larry Martell
Date: February 6 2012 2:58pm
Subject: Re: mysql won't start with service, but starts with mysqld_safe
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On Mon, Feb 6, 2012 at 7:42 AM, Chris Tate-Davies
<chris.tatedavies@stripped> wrote:
> On 06/02/12 14:34, Reindl Harald wrote:
>>
>>
>> Am 06.02.2012 15:28, schrieb Chris Tate-Davies:
>>>
>>> On 06/02/12 13:33, Larry Martell wrote:
>>>>
>>>> On Mon, Feb 6, 2012 at 2:38 AM, Chris Tate-Davies
>>>> <chris.tatedavies@stripped> =C2=A0 wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> Have you tried:
>>>>>
>>>>> mysql --verbose -u<username> =C2=A0 -p<password>
>>>>>
>>>>> To output more information
>>>>
>>>> When would I use that? If I try to start it with 'service mysqld
>>>> start' it fails to start.
>>>>
>>> =C2=A0From terminal command...
>>>
>>> just try typing it, like this:
>>>
>>> mysql --verbose -u<username> =C2=A0-p<password>
>>
>> and how can this help if mysqld does not start?
>
> I am hoping it will verbose any errors to the terminal.

If the server is not up, mysql will not connect.