[cobalt-developers] mysql question

["Shawn Guillemette" <shawn@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I recently have restored my cobalt RAQ4 to factor condition. After
installing all the updates for the service that I use on the device I
attempted to install mysql with this RMP

[root admin]# ls
mail  MySQL-server-4.0.15-0.i386.rpm


I used rpm -i MySQL-server-4.0.15-0.i386.rpm

Now when attempting to set the mysql root passwd or attempting to connect to
the mysql server I get this


[root admin]# mysqladmin -u root -p password password
Enter password:
mysqladmin: connect to server at 'localhost' failed
error: 'Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket '/tmp/mysql.sock'
(111)'
Check that mysqld is running and that the socket: '/tmp/mysql.sock' exists!

mysql Seems to be running..


[root admin]# ps -ax | grep mysql
26833 pts/0    S      0:00 sh /usr/bin/safe_mysqld
26863 pts/0    S      0:00
/usr/sbin/mysqld --basedir=/ --datadir=/var/lib/mysql
26865 pts/0    S      0:00
/usr/sbin/mysqld --basedir=/ --datadir=/var/lib/mysql
26866 pts/0    S      0:00
/usr/sbin/mysqld --basedir=/ --datadir=/var/lib/mysql
26867 pts/0    S      0:00
/usr/sbin/mysqld --basedir=/ --datadir=/var/lib/mysql
26868 pts/0    S      0:00
/usr/sbin/mysqld --basedir=/ --datadir=/var/lib/mysql
26869 pts/0    S      0:00
/usr/sbin/mysqld --basedir=/ --datadir=/var/lib/mysql
26870 pts/0    S      0:00
/usr/sbin/mysqld --basedir=/ --datadir=/var/lib/mysql
26871 pts/0    S      0:00
/usr/sbin/mysqld --basedir=/ --datadir=/var/lib/mysql
26872 pts/0    S      0:00
/usr/sbin/mysqld --basedir=/ --datadir=/var/lib/mysql
26873 pts/0    S      0:00
/usr/sbin/mysqld --basedir=/ --datadir=/var/lib/mysql



and the /tmp/mysql.sock file seems to be there with the correct permissions

[root /tmp]# ls -la | grep mysql.sock
srwxrwxrwx    1 mysql    root            0 Oct 21 16:08 mysql.sock
[root /tmp]#


the content of the file is blank though..


Any help would be great... I also read in forums that this question has been
asked a lot... how ever I was unable to locate a solution ..


thank you
Shawn