Hi, it's the first time i'm using MySQL under Linux. I want to start mysql. I've tried mysql_install, mysql_install_db, but everytime i tried to start MySQL i got the following error:

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root@Heartbeat:/usr/bin# mysql
ERROR 2002: Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket '/var/run/mysql/mysql.sock' (2)
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How do i start a MySQL database under Slackware 10 ?

is the mysql dameon running?

try running: mysqld

then try running: mysql

the mysql deamon wasn't runnig. Now i have multiple mysqld process id

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6554 ? 00:00:00 mysqld_safe
6571 ? 00:00:00 mysqld
6572 ? 00:00:00 mysqld
6573 ? 00:00:00 mysqld
6574 ? 00:00:00 mysqld
6575 ? 00:00:00 mysqld
6576 ? 00:00:00 mysqld
6577 ? 00:00:00 mysqld
6578 ? 00:00:00 mysqld
6579 ? 00:00:00 mysqld
6580 ? 00:00:00 mysqld
6581 ? 00:00:00 mysqld

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But i got the same error : can't find

root@Heartbeat:/usr/local/mysql# mysql
ERROR 2002: Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket '/var/run/mysql/mysql.sock' (2)

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Since the server is running, take a look at my.cnf (usually located at /etc) to see what is the location of mysql socket and change it accordingly either for the server (mysqld) and the client (mysql).

pkill mysqld
su mysql
mysql_install_db
mysqld_safe &

viola

thanks alot mr mdarby