i'm trying to install mysql on my box and everytime i type in configure, this is what happens. i googled and search the docs on dev.mysql.com but i'm stuck in a rut.... can anyone tell me what i'm doing that's not working.. or am i going in a circle here ??

here's the output from the CLI:

./configure
NOTE: This is a MySQL binary distribution. It's ready to run, you don't
need to configure it!

To help you a bit, I am now going to create the needed MySQL databases
and start the MySQL server for you. If you run into any trouble, please
consult the MySQL manual, that you can find in the Docs directory.

Installing all prepared tables
041027 22:40:09 [Warning] Asked for 196608 thread stack, but got 126976
Fill help tables
041027 22:40:09 [Warning] Asked for 196608 thread stack, but got 126976

To start mysqld at boot time you have to copy support-files/mysql.server
to the right place for your system

PLEASE REMEMBER TO SET A PASSWORD FOR THE MySQL root USER !
To do so, start the server, then issue the following commands:
./bin/mysqladmin -u root password 'new-password'
./bin/mysqladmin -u root -h darkstar password 'new-password'
See the manual for more instructions.

NOTE: If you are upgrading from a MySQL <= 3.22.10 you should run
the ./bin/mysql_fix_privilege_tables. Otherwise you will not be
able to use the new GRANT command!

You can start the MySQL daemon with:
cd . ; ./bin/mysqld_safe &

You can test the MySQL daemon with the benchmarks in the 'sql-bench' directory:
cd sql-bench ; perl run-all-tests

Please report any problems with the ./bin/mysqlbug script!

The latest information about MySQL is available on the web at
http://www.mysql.com
Support MySQL by buying support/licenses at https://order.mysql.com
Starting the mysqld server. You can test that it is up and running
with the command:
./bin/mysqladmin version
root@darkstar:/usr/local/mysql-standard-4.1.7-pc-linux-i686# Starting mysqld daemon with databases from /usr/local/mysql-standard-4.1.7-pc-linux-i686/data
STOPPING server from pid file /usr/local/mysql-standard-4.1.7-pc-linux-i686/data/darkstar.pid
041027 22:40:11 mysqld ended

Does the databases exists?
If you use the Slackware package you've to create them (take a look at /etc/rc.d/rc.mysqld) and if you don't mysql daemon exits the same way as yours (so i guess that's the problem).

i get the same thing as he does and i dont see that rc.mysqld

I dont read what is written above but main mysql problem with all slackwares solved likes this.

When you are root type

su mysql

now u becamo the mysql user on the computer

then go to /usr/bin
and there type ./mysql_install_db

then type
exit and go back to your own account. Now mysql had installed properly and you wont get error messages when starting it.

Next time you restart your computer it will work properly.

You've to become mysql user before running that command, type: su - mysql
then mysql_install_db

Ok this is what i got;

Does that mean it worked?

Yeap, now run: chmod +x /etc/rc.d/rc.mysqld to execute mysql on startup. And to start it manually: /etc/rc.d/rc.mysqld start
to stop: /etc/rc.d/rc.mysqld stop

how do i fix this?

Edit: and i get this:

You have to be root for those, the only command that's needed to run as mysql user is the mysql_install_db, the other ones are as root.