ERROR 2002 (HY000): Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket '/var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock' (2)

[Ganesh Kumar]

Hi Guys,

I am using debian squeeze it's working good, I am trying to install
mysql-server. mysql-server installation successfully but didn't start
service
root@devel:/var/run# more /etc/mysql/my.cnf |grep socket
# Remember to edit /etc/mysql/debian.cnf when changing the socket location.
socket          = /var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock
socket          = /var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock
socket          = /var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock

root@devel:~# /etc/init.d/mysql restart
Stopping MySQL database server: mysqld.
Starting MySQL database server: mysqld . . . . . . . . . . . . . . failed!
root@devel:~# mysql -u root -p
Enter password:
ERROR 2002 (HY000): Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket
'/var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock' (2)
root@devel:~# cd /var/run/mysqld/
root@devel:/var/run/mysqld# ls
root@devel:/var/run/mysqld#


-Ganesh.

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