<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 TRANSITIONAL//EN"> <HTML> <HEAD> <META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; CHARSET=UTF-8"> <META NAME="GENERATOR" CONTENT="GtkHTML/3.3.2"> </HEAD> <BODY> <TT>If you installed FC3 "out of the box", mysql should run ok.</TT> <TT>First: check if you have installed postgresql and if it is running</TT> <TT> </TT> <TT>#rpm -qa postgresql</TT> <TT> </TT> <TT>postgresql-7.4.6-1.FC3.1</TT> <TT>(is installed)</TT> <TT> #/etc/rc.d/init.d/postgresql status or #service postgresql status</TT> <TT> (see if it is runing)</TT> <TT>Second: stop postgresql</TT> <TT> #/etc/rc.d/init.d/postgresql stop</TT> <TT> uninstall postgresql</TT> <TT> #rpm -e postgresql</TT> <TT>Third: start mysql</TT> <TT> #/etc/rc.d/init.d/mysqld start</TT> or <TT>#service m</TT>ysqld<TT> sta</TT>rt <TT>The root password is nothing after install. Try mysql:</TT> <TT>#mysql -u root</TT> I<TT>f you have mysql prompt it is running ok:</TT> <TT>Welcome to the MySQL monitor. Commands end with ; or \g.</TT> <TT>Your MySQL connection id is 6 to server version: 3.23.58</TT> <TT>Type 'help;' or '\h' for help. Type '\c' to clear the buffer.</TT> <TT>mysql></TT> <TT>Ricardo Fernandes</TT> <TT>(by my newb experience)</TT> </BODY> </HTML>