This log doesn't change when I try to start mysql. # tail -f mysql.err
060411 14:23:42 mysqld started 060411 16:47:54 mysqld ended 060629 18:10:25 mysqld started 060703 16:58:17 mysqld ended 060806 08:30:54 mysqld started 060806 08:38:40 mysqld ended 061222 17:52:51 mysqld started # tail -f mysqld.err 070319 9:35:12 [Warning] './mysql/host' had no or invalid character set, and default character set is multi-byte, so character column sizes may have changed 070319 9:35:12 [Warning] './mysql/user' had no or invalid character set, and default character set is multi-byte, so character column sizes may have changed 070319 9:35:12 [Warning] './mysql/db' had no or invalid character set, and default character set is multi-byte, so character column sizes may have changed 070319 9:35:12 [ERROR] Fatal error: mysql.user table is damaged or in unsupported 3.20 format. _____ From: Levent Duymuş [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, March 17, 2007 3:11 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] mysql start issues What related log files show about the error? (/var/log/mysql/*) They should give some info about the source of the error. Configuration error may exist in my.cnf . Richard Torres wrote: Hello, I'm having a trouble starting mysql since I emerged the newer version. 'mysqld.sock' doesn't exist and the logs aren't much help. Any help is greatly appreciated. -Richard # mysql ERROR 2002 (HY000): Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket '/var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock' (2) # /etc/init.d/mysql start * Starting mysql... * Starting mysql (/etc/mysql/my.cnf) * MySQL NOT started (0)
