[lug] MySql problem

[D. Stimits]

Terry Branaman wrote:

> I can't get MySql to start.
>
> I tried to upgrade to Mandrake 9.1 from 9.0, but the system wouldn't
> boot - the root filesystem wouldn't remount read/write. So I saved my
> /home and /etc directories and did a fresh reinstall of 9.0, including
> reformatting the hard drive, and allowed the install to upgrade
> packages.
>
> Now when I attempt to start MySql I get the following log:
>
> 030401 21:10:56  mysqld started
> 030401 21:10:56  Can't start server : Bind on unix socket: Permission
> denied
> 030401 21:10:56  Do you already have another mysqld server running on
> socket: /var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock ?
> 030401 21:10:56  Aborting
>
> 030401 21:10:56  /usr/sbin/mysqld: Shutdown Complete
>
> 030401 21:10:56  mysqld ended
>
> Any ideas what I have left out to get MySql up and running?
>
> Thanks.

The directory where the lock is being written requires write permission 
under the name of the user that does the write. This *might* cause failure.

D. Stimits, stimits AT attbi DOT com