Howdy all,
I recently moved into a new place and when I hooked up my webserver, I wasn't able to bring up my page, even from localhost. With some digging, it seems that I can't access the database that housed my posts (wordpress installation). I looked for the datadir in MySQL and that directory shows the wordpress directory that should be holding the database and all the files are still there. Can anyone point me to 1) why the database no longer shows up 2) how to restore the database from the files? My google'ing hasn't come up with much helpful and I would great appreciate it.

Is Mysql started?

When you say you moved to a new place, do you mean that you copied your installation over to a new place?

If you mean that you have started MySQL, and that your DB's are no longer listed, then you should check your /etc/my.cnf file to make sure it is pointing to the right directory. If that does not work, make a backup of your MySQL data first, then read this article on how to rebuild your DB's from the ib_ files: http://egil.biz/how-to-recover-mysql-data-from-innodb/

I'm sorry, I should have been more specific. I moved from one apartment to another, but brought the computer and didn't change anything other than just unplugging it and plugging it at the new apartment.

And yes, I have started MySQL and show databases lists one test database that I have, the information_schema and that's it. The wordpress db doesn't show up there. I checked my.cnf and it seemed to be correct. I assume this is verified by the fact that my test database still shows up. When I look in the data directory, I see folders for the test and the wordpress and can't notice any differences that would make mysql recognize one and not the other. I will try those rebuilding instructions and see if that works. Thank you.