Hi. What operating system do you use? If you use MySQL compiled manually, it may be helpful to use official binaries of the latest release.
You can look for some clues at the end of the .err log file. Ginger Cheng <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello, MySQL Gurus, > I have a mysql server (4.0.20) that has been flaky these days. I > can't connect to it by 'mysql -p' or shutdown thru mysqladmin. It just > hangs there forever without doing anything. I tried to 'ps -Aef | grep > mysql' and sees nothing but the mysqld_safe and the mysqld_max thread > initiated by mysqld_safe, and of course, the mysqladmin thread to > shutdown mysql as it just hangs in there, ie, no client connected to > mysql server that is preventing it from termination. > Can anyone give me some help on this? Is there anyway I can find > out what is going on in there or shut it down cleanly without having to > worry about having defective files? > Thanks a lot > -- For technical support contracts, goto https://order.mysql.com/?ref=ensita This email is sponsored by Ensita.NET http://www.ensita.net/ __ ___ ___ ____ __ / |/ /_ __/ __/ __ \/ / Gleb Paharenko / /|_/ / // /\ \/ /_/ / /__ [EMAIL PROTECTED] /_/ /_/\_, /___/\___\_\___/ MySQL AB / Ensita.NET <___/ www.mysql.com -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]
