When I do the "/usr/share/mysql/mysql.server start" command, I get this...

root@root:/usr/share/mysql/mysql.server start

Starting mysqld daemon with databases from /var/lib/mysql
050328 00:12:18 mysqld ended

root@root:

I've already done the following commands, without errors:

/usr/bin/mysql_install_db
cp /etc/my-small.cnf /etc/my.cnf
chown -R mysql:mysql /var/lib/mysql

And I have apache2 running.

Also, if it matters, I'm running slack 9.1 and my mysql came with the distro, the package is mysql-4.0.15a-i486-1.

I can't seem to figure it out...any help is appreciated.

what does this have to do with networking?? n/m...

is there anything in /var/log/mysqld.log or wherever the daemon is logging to? can you run the mysqld_safe binary yourself instead of as a service?

Ok I found the error, here's what it says...

050316 17:13:02 mysqld started
050316 17:13:04 InnoDB: Started
050316 17:13:04 Fatal error: Can't open privilege tables: Table 'mysql.host' doesn't exist
050316 17:13:04 Aborting

050316 17:13:04 InnoDB: Starting shutdown...
050316 17:13:06 InnoDB: Shutdown completed
050316 17:13:06 /usr/libexec/mysqld: Shutdown Complete

050316 17:13:06 mysqld ended

P.s. Sorry for posting in the wrong forum, please feel free to move it.