Can't start mysql on FC3

[Craig White]

On Wed, 2005-02-02 at 12:29 +1000, Wes Barris wrote:
> David Hoffman wrote:
> 
> > On Tue, 01 Feb 2005 21:12:27 -0500, David Cary Hart <Fedora at tqmcube.com> wrote:
> > 
> >>On Wed, 2005-02-02 at 12:04 +1000, Wes Barris wrote:
> >>
> >>Did you install from the RPM?
> >>
> >>host.frm is created the first time you start the daemon and is located
> >>in /var/lib/mysql/mysql.
> > 
> > 
> > David, maybe you missed it, but when I read the original post, he did
> > show his /var/lib/mysql/mysql directory, and I see the file there.
> 
> Yes, the file is there.
> 
> > 
> > I'm guessing it might be how he tried to start it.
> > 
> > Wes... how did you try to start mysql? And what version are you using?
> > Did you try "service mysql-server start"? (Version 3.xx that came with FC3)
> > Or if you are using MySQL version 4.xx, "try service mysql start"
> 
> root at bioweb# rpm -qa | fgrep -i mysql
> perl-DBD-MySQL-2.9003-5
> mysql-3.23.58-14
> mysql-server-3.23.58-14
> 
> I tried this:
> 
> /etc/init.d/mysqld start
> 
> When I try your command I get this:
> 
> root at bioweb# service mysql-server start
> mysql-server: unrecognized service
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try...

mysql_install_db
service mysqld start
mysqladmin - u root password 'new-password'

chkconfig mysqld on #for future reboots
I also found it handy to add...
skip-innodb to /etc/my.cnf

good luck

Craig