Hi,
Well I had the same "problem" when I installed Mysql the first time.
I solved this problem by using a symbolic link like this.
cd /tmp
ln -s /mysql/mysql.sock mysql.sock
Remeber to be Root when you do a symbolic link :-)
Now make a ls -lia in your /tmp folder, then you should have somethi
Ryan McDougall wrote:
when I do this this is what I get:
starting mysql with databases from /var/lib/mysql
This may be your culprit right here... not sure where the mysql_install_db
defaults its installs to, but I'm guessing its not /var/lib/mysql. And you
installed everything into /usr/local/mysq
> when I do this this is what I get:
> starting mysql with databases from /var/lib/mysql
> 030228 16:00:55 mysqld ended
This may be your culprit right here... not sure where the mysql_install_db
defaults its installs to, but I'm guessing its not /var/lib/mysql. And you
installed everything into /
