hello to all, kindly help because im a little bit frustrated now in isntalling mysql

.. everytime i started mysql igot this problem..
[root@localhost etc]# /usr/local/mysql/bin/mysqld_safe --user=mysql &
[1] 4324
[root@localhost etc]# Starting mysqld daemon with databases from /var/lib/mysql
STOPPING server from pid file /var/run/mysqld/mysqld.pid
060427 21:42:55 mysqld ended
[1]+ Done /usr/local/mysql/bin/mysqld_safe --user=mysql
heres also my /etc/my.cnf config..
[mysqld]
datadir=/var/lib/mysql
socket=/var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock
[mysql.server]
user=mysql
basedir=/var/lib
[safe_mysqld]
err-log=/var/log/mysqld.log
pid-file=/var/run/mysqld/mysqld.pid
~
please help, i was not able to run mysql due to this error i received..btw im newbie here.. thanks