DISCUSSION: MySQL root password recovey

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Hello, I tried usuing your approach but it seems it couldnt work for some reason

I'm using Fedora Core 9 with a preinstalled version of MySql, When i tried it this is wat i got

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[root@amidu /]# /usr/bin/mysqld_safe --user=mysql --socket=/var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock --pid --skip-grant-tables --skip-networking &
[1] 9789
[root@amidu /]# nohup: ignoring input and redirecting stderr to stdout
Starting mysqld daemon with databases from /var/lib/mysql

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It then suspends forever, what could be the cause?