Re: [cobalt-users] MySQL refuse to allows me to connect

[Nico Meijer <nico.meijer@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Charles,

> I have installed Cobalt MySQL Release 3.23.37-1 and the connection to mysql 
> is nor working.

Could you specify what you mean by "the" connection? There are a lot of ways to connect to a MySQL server.

Have you set up the MySQL root password? (mysqladmin -h hostname -u user password 'new password')

Quickie: an instance of "mysql -u root -p" through a shell session should always yield at least some result, even if you enter the wrong password.

> In fact I never can connect to the server everytime i try to 
> connect I it wait for ages (one more then 4 hours) doing nothing.

You have too much time on your hands. ;-)

Five to ten seconds should be the max waiting time, depending on your connection.

> I try to had verbose information but nothing happen.

Did you start MySQL? Something like "/etc/init.d/mysql start". What output does `ps aux |grep -i "mysql"` give?

> I did uninstall and 
> reinstall it twice (and erase the file in /var/lib/mysql/*) but still the 
> very same probleme I wonder if the connection is block and how I could sees 
> that ?

Uninstalling and reinstalling will not do the trick. This is not a Windows box.

Do you see a [f.q.d.n].pid in /var/lib/mysql? If not, MySQL is not running.

Good luck... Nico