Trouble Starting DB - First Time Installer

2004-03-23 Thread John Brown
Hi, I am a total linux and mysql newb, I am preparing this info as best as possible. Below is the output from the mysqlbug utility. I followed the directions for installing mysql based on this page http://www.mysql.com/doc/en/Installing_binary.html From: root To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [50

Re: Trouble Starting DB - First Time Installer

2004-03-23 Thread John Brown
There is not a file with that name in /var/lib/mysql/ or /var/lib/mysql/mysql From: Egor Egorov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Trouble Starting DB - First Time Installer Date: Tue, 23 Mar 2004 22:15:22 +0200 "John Brown" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote

RE: Trouble Starting DB - First Time Installer

2004-03-23 Thread John Brown
t;J.R. Bullington" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "'John Brown'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: RE: Trouble Starting DB - First Time Installer Date: Tue, 23 Mar 2004 18:29:00 -0500 Try /var/lib/mysql/data This is most likely a permissions issue. Make sure that the mysql

RE: Trouble Starting DB - First Time Installer

2004-03-23 Thread John Brown
i have mysql folders in both those paths you mention. I can not find a file with the .err extension at all. I did a third re-install of mysql, deleting everything first... including the directories in var/lib/mysql ( I didnt even know those were there until the other respondant mentioned that p