MySQL error 2002

[sixfoottallrabbit]

Hi,
Whenever I try to run mysql (by typing 'mysql' into Konsole) it gives me the following error:

ERROR 2002: Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket '/var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock' (2)

I have tried running it on both my user account and root and also like 'mysql -u root -p' where it asks me for a password, and i type in my root password but it still gives the same error.
I have seen many other topics about this same error on other forums aswell as this forum but none seem to have helped.
Whats wrong?

SFTR!!!

[jasonlambert]

Is the mysql server started?

I think you have to run either safe_mysqld --user=mysql OR mysqld_safe --user=mysql (can't remember which) to start it.

use ps aux | grep mysql to check the server started successfully.

[sixfoottallrabbit]

[root@localhost sftr]# mysqld_safe --user=mysql
Starting mysqld daemon with databases from /var/lib/mysql

That worked great THANKS!

[KidCloudWala]

Greetings,

As far as I know the above mentioned command will start the mysql in the safe mode. You can try to touch the file mysql.sock and then try to run the mysql in a normal mode. Then check if you still face any issues.

Regards