Sounds like mysql isn't running in the first place, do a :
# ps aux | grep mysql
Post the output back
Martin
On 10 July 2013 13:38, HARLEY IAIN <iain.harle...@ntlworld.com> wrote:
> I am running Slackware 14 with KDE desktop. After running an update
> whilst inadvertently logged into K-Mail Akonadi will not run and K-mail is
> not functioning correctly.
> The Akonadi error log is as follows:
>
> Database process exited unexpectedly during initial connection!
> executable: "/usr/libexec/mysqld"
> arguments: ("--defaults-file=/root/.local/share/akonadi/mysql.conf",
> "--datadir=/root/.local/share/akonadi/db_data/",
> "--socket=/root/.local/share/akonadi/socket-Server/mysql.socket")
> stdout: ""
> stderr: "130703 9:50:24 [ERROR] Fatal error: Please read "Security"
> section of the manual to find out how to run mysqld as root!
>
> 130703 9:50:24 [ERROR] Aborting
>
> 130703 9:50:24 [Note] /usr/libexec/mysqld: Shutdown complete
>
> "
> exit code: 1
> process error: "Unknown error"
> "[
> 0: akonadiserver(_Z11akBacktracev+0x35) [0x8090755]
> 1: akonadiserver() [0x8090a8f]
> 2: linux-gate.so.1(__kernel_sigreturn+0) [0xffffe400]
> 3: /lib/libc.so.6(gsignal+0x3c) [0xb6dd4d1c]
> 4: /lib/libc.so.6(abort+0x143) [0xb6dd6533]
> 5: /usr/lib/qt/lib/libQtCore.so.4(_Z17qt_message_output9QtMsgTypePKc+0x86)
> [0xb74ba2f6]
> 6: akonadiserver(_ZN15FileDebugStream9writeDataEPKcx+0xd8) [0x8092988]
> 7: /usr/lib/qt/lib/libQtCore.so.4(_ZN9QIODevice5writeEPKcx+0xe8)
> [0xb7562cf8]
> 8: /usr/lib/qt/lib/libQtCore.so.4(+0x11b0bd) [0xb756f0bd]
> 9: /usr/lib/qt/lib/libQtCore.so.4(_ZN11QTextStreamD2Ev+0x3e) [0xb757828e]
> 10: akonadiserver(_ZN13DbConfigMysql19startInternalServerEv+0x17ab)
> [0x811d8ab]
> 11: akonadiserver(_ZN7Akonadi13AkonadiServer20startDatabaseProcessEv+0xe1)
> [0x8093751]
> 12: akonadiserver(_ZN7Akonadi13AkonadiServerC2EP7QObject+0xc6) [0x8094d86]
> 13: akonadiserver(_ZN7Akonadi13AkonadiServer8instanceEv+0x46) [0x8096466]
> 14: akonadiserver(main+0x137) [0x8089c07]
> 15: /lib/libc.so.6(__libc_start_main+0xf3) [0xb6dbe7a3]
> 16: akonadiserver() [0x808a501]
> ]
> "
> Following instructions on the MySQL site on how to run this as root I try
> to shut the server down with "mysqladmin shutdown" but only get the message:
>
> "mysqladmin: connect to server at 'localhost' failed
> error: 'Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket
> '/var/run/mysql/mysql.sock' (2)'
> Check that mysqld is running and that the socket:
> '/var/run/mysql/mysql.sock' exists!"
>
> When I look in /var/run/mysql/ there is nothing! In
> Home/.local/share/akonadi/ there is a file mysql.conf that suggests that it
> has its own version but both akonadiserver.socket and mysql.socket are
> files with 0 bytes.
> Can anybody help as I am at the limits of my understanding on this.
> Iain
>
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