MySQL Daemon failed to start on Oracle 6.5 server after installation

rsheeler · 06-16-2014, 07:51 AM

I installed MySQL by following these instructions http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.1/...on-native.html on my Oracle Linux Server release 6.5, specifically using the yum package installer command,

Code:

yum install mysql mysql-server mysql-libs mysql-server

However I repeatedly keep getting the following error:

Quote:

MySQL Daemon failed to start.
Starting mysqld: [FAILED]

I tried all instructions provided by this thread http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...-start-845353/ because my

Code:

mysql.dock

file did not exist after repeatedly trying to find it's path with the locate, whereis, and find commands.

After this didn't work, I killed all sql processes and I uninstalled the software by using the following command

Code:

yum remove mysql-server

I then tried installing the MySQL with rpm files with no luck and the same error.

Any suggestions on how I can resolve this issue?

chrism01 · 06-18-2014, 07:14 AM

When you got the failure msg you should have checked the logs in eg /var/log. They might still be there, or re-install via yum and re-check.