Re: [cobalt-users] Help Needed with mySQL

[fragga <fragga@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

hi Sham,

the mysql daemon isnt running by the sounds of it.

you can start it from

/etc/rc.d/init.d/mysql start

you shoudl then be able to connect to it with a mysql -u root -p

fragga

On Fri, 5 Jul 2002, Sham wrote:

> Hello cobalt-users,
>
>   I just installed mySQL version 3.23.37 in pkg format.
>
>   I know that my RAQ has mysql in RPM version which is now no longer
>   working after the upgrade.  According to the instructions, I can
>   install a pkg version which will overwrite the default mysql that
>   came from factory with my raq.
>
>   The problem is that I get this message now:
> [admin admin]$ mysql
> ERROR 2002: Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket '/tmp/mysql.sock'
>  (111)
>
>  Can anyone help me resolve this.  I have 2 databases on the old mysql
>  and need to recover them.
>
>  Any help you can give is appreciated.
>
> Best regards,
> Sham
> RaQ4i
> sham@xxxxxxxxxxxx
>
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