<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <meta content="text/html;charset=ISO-8859-1" http-equiv="Content-Type"> <title></title> </head> <body bgcolor="#ffffff" text="#000000"> Jack Yu wrote: <blockquote cite="mid20060621183603.13014.qmail@web50004.mail.yahoo.com" type="cite"> <pre wrap="">Ok, this is what from the log file: 060622 04:33:06 mysqld started 060622 4:33:06 [ERROR] Can't start server: Bind on TCP/IP port: Address already in use 060622 4:33:06 [ERROR] Do you already have another mysqld server running on por t: 3306 ? 060622 4:33:06 [ERROR] Aborting 060622 4:33:06 [Note] /usr/libexec/mysqld: Shutdown complete then I run </pre> <blockquote type="cite"> <blockquote type="cite"> <pre wrap=""> netstat -napt </pre> </blockquote> </blockquote> <pre wrap="">and get this output Active Internet connections (servers and established) Proto Recv-Q Send-Q Local Address Foreign Address State PID/Program name tcp 0 0 0.0.0.0:32769 0.0.0.0:* LISTEN 1719/rpc.statd tcp 0 0 0.0.0.0:3306 0.0.0.0:* LISTEN 3519/mysqld thanks, Jack </pre> </blockquote> ps ax|grep mysql should tell you. service mysqld stop will stop the running mysqld. / Peter <pre class="moz-signature" cols="72">-- <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.peter-kuehnlein.net">http://www.peter-kuehnlein.net</a> "Compassion is like a mother who nurtures one's fate." (Hagakure) Upcoming event: <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.constraints-in-discourse.org/cid06">http://www.constraints-in-discourse.org/cid06</a> </pre> </body> </html>