Mysql Problem

[akonstam at trinity.edu]

On Wed, Aug 04, 2004 at 10:46:18AM -0400, Fred Thorsby wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I have a Fedora Core 2, and I want to install MySQL Server. I download
> > the packages and install. But, when I start the daemon the message show:
> >
> > "Timeout error occurred trying to start MySQL Daemon."
> >
> > So, when I write: "mysqladmin -u root -h mme014149.mme.gov.br password"
> >
> > this messsage appear:
> >
> Eduardo:
> 
> It might be that the mysql server is not yet running. Try starting the
> server with "/usr/bin/safe_mysqld --log=/var/log/mysql.log &"  and then
> check the log files for errors.
> 
> Fred Thorsby
> Jag Computers
I am not sure what you did to start the daemon, but I can't find any
option in mysqladmin to start it. It is started as a service by
running a file in /etc/init.d called mysqld. So: service mysqld start
should start it. Is this what you did?
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