Help starting up mysql .
 

I am using suse 9.1 and trying to run Mysql. Everytime I try to startup with Yast I get this errorr message " /etc/init.d.mysql start returned 1 (unspecified error): creating MySql privilege database and starting Mysql... hostname: unknown host
Neither host ' ' and 'localhost' could not be looked up with /usr/bin/resolveip
Please configure the 'hostname' command to return a correct hostname.
I feel like there is a configuration file I need to edit but I am not sure which one.

Any help would be greatly appreciated

thanks,
rcullman

What does the 'hostname' command say? Does that hostname pings? If not, fix those issues.

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I think I am doing what you asked. It will ping linux or localhost . I am not sure how to change this.
rick@rick:~> hostname
rick
rick@rick:~> ping rick
ping: unknown host rick
rick@rick:~>


Thanks for the help.

You'll need to add an entry for rick to point to 127.0.0.1 (the loopback address) in /etc/hosts -- just follow the format of the other entries.

That worked great. Thanks to both of you on the help with getting Mysql running.