I think the MYSQL service is not running on your system, Just execute the below commands
service mysqld restart I think this might solve your problem Regards Mazhar On 12/4/05, John Doe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Octavian Rasnita am Samstag, 3. Dezember 2005 19.50: > > Hi, > > > > I have tried to install DBD::mysql under Linux manually and also using > > cpan, but the "make test" command gives the error saying that it can't > > connect to the server using the socket /var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock. > > > > I know that MySQL is not using that socket but /tmp/mysql.sock, but I > don't > > know how to let DBD::mysql know that. > > > > I have set the --testuser, --testpassword, --testdb, and even the port > and > > the host, but it still tries to use /var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock socket. > > > > Now I have changed the socket in my.cnf and I was able to install > > DBD::mysql, but isn't possible to specify another socket than that > default > > one chosen by DBD::mysql? > > Surely you consulted the manual page of DBD::mysql, searched for > 'mysql-socket' and tried something. > > What was the problem then? > > joe > > -- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > <http://learn.perl.org/> <http://learn.perl.org/first-response> > > >
