Mysql 5.1.37 community on Linux

[ananthcharan]

I had a problem with mysql.sock and this is the final answer i thought would be correct

i have tried:
- /etc/init.d/mysqld restart
- /etc/init.d/mysqld start
- mysqld_safe --user=mysql &

and none of those worked...

i guess this is because, the server crashed in the first place.

So, the solution i had, was to loacte the file
/var/log/mysqld.log

like this:
tail -f /var/log/mysqld.log
or
cat /var/log/mysqld.log

figure out the error message, solve that error message
or try to find a work-around for that error on google.

Once that error message is "solved", then you can safely restart mysqld
[no need to reboot], and once the daemon is up and running,
your magical "mysql.sock" file will appear as it did before. =)

But the thing is i am unable to find the file mysql.log

i even tried uninstalling using the "rpm -e filename.rpm" it says that it is not installed and when i try to install using "rpm -ivh filename.rpm" it says that the package is already installed

i am in a fix..

So can anybody please help me in fixing or uninstalling the mysql.version is 5.1.37 community version

thanks in advance,

eagerly waiting for a reply...

Ananth

[waterhead]

I had a problem with mysql.sock and this is the final answer i thought would be correct

i have tried:
- /etc/init.d/mysqld restart
- /etc/init.d/mysqld start

Those are for Ubuntu or Debian. In Fedora, to make the MySQL server start at boot use this command:

/sbin/chkconfig mysqld on

To start the MySQL daemon use this command

/sbin/service mysqld start

You need to run these commands with root privileges, so use su first.