MySql starting failed?

[Clint Harshaw]

hongwei at morpheus.wustl.edu wrote:
> Timeout error occurred trying to start MySQL Daemon.
> Starting MySQL:                                            [FAILED]

Here is one way to resolve the problem:

1. open /etc/rc.d/init.d/mysqld as a root user using your favorite editor.

2. find the line that looks like:
if !([ -n "`/usr/bin/mysqladmin  ping 2> /dev/null`" ]); then

3. change that line so that it looks like:
if !([ -n "`/usr/bin/mysqladmin -u UNKNOWN_USER ping 2> /dev/null`" ]); then

Note that because of line wrap in a mail reader, the above may appear as 
though it is two lines, but it's really one line in the file (though I 
don't think it would make a difference).

Hope this helps,
Clint