hi there

how would i configure and run mysql?

thank you

Gee that's a little vague you think? Have you even attempted a search or checked the documentation at www.mysql.com ? I actually read most of their online book, its quite good.

Or take a look at http://www.linux-corner.net/linux/services/mysql.html

no one will guide you through all to do, however google it and there arelot of resources on net

oh i thought starting mysql wasnt a long process

heh sory guys im pretty new to this

well the way i try to start starting mysql is

mysql

and then it gives me an error:

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

so i try running mysqld_safe &

and then i get this:

bash-2.05b# Starting mysqld daemon with databases from /var/lib/mysql
040401 07:10:56 mysqld ended

ive done alot of searching here on linuxquestions.org, and it seems to be a common problem, i have tried to do many of the suggestions on other threads but they still dont work

sorry for being vauge

hrm... ive tried looking some more and i tried restarting, but that didnt work either... any sugesstions?

thanks

Did you try running mysql_install_db? Of course you did. Because you've read the documentation that comes with mysql. So you also know that you have to run this command as user mysql, right?

What do you expect to happen when you 'run mysql'? And why are you trying to use mysql to start apache? You start apache with the command 'apachectl start' (in Slack, don't know or care about RH). BTW which distro are you talking about?

What do you want to do with mysql?

Since you asked for suggestions, I'd suggest you give some more information.

Enjoy!
--- Cerbere

oh sorry

this is for slackware

and i made an error where it says 'apache' it should have been 'mysql'

sorry

ill be using mysql to make databases and tables from what the tutorial im reading tells me haha, sorry im really new to mysql so i dont know too much.

need any more information?

thanks

Edit: oh yeah and i have tried mysql_install_db and i didnt seem to get any errors so then i tried starting mysqld_safe & again and it does the same thing, and then i tried running mysql but it gave me the same error

hrm

should i remove mysql and reinstall it?

or would that be unnecessary?

any suggestions?

thanks

Try this thread.

Enjoy!
--- Cerbere

ah

thanks guys i got it working thanks cerbere

all i did was restart lol and started mysqld_safe &

and then enter mysql

thanks guys