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Mysqld wont start

Posted: Thu Aug 24, 2006 8:59 pm
by LiveFree
Hey All,

Well I yumm'ed up some 'mysql-server' which installed 'mysql' as a dependncy. But I cant start the mysql service for the life of me. Ive tried once, the Services window crashed and a minute later I got a box saying it had been install successfully.

But It says that 'mysqld dead but subsys locked' in the Services window

Can anyone give me a hand here

EDIT: OOps forgot Distro: FC5

Posted: Fri Aug 25, 2006 11:17 pm
by RobertGonzalez
What instructions did you follow for your installation?

Posted: Sat Aug 26, 2006 5:32 pm
by LiveFree
I 'yummed' up mysql-server which installed mysql as a dependancy (I also installed mysql admin) so yum did the install for me.

Posted: Sat Aug 26, 2006 6:41 pm
by Chris Corbyn
LiveFree wrote:I 'yummed' up mysql-server which installed mysql as a dependancy (I also installed mysql admin) so yum did the install for me.
That's not what he asked. Have you checked any docs to see if there's any post-setup required? Many distro require you to run mysql-install whatever it's called (I forget). It sets up the databases for you and creates a root account and stuff.

Posted: Sat Aug 26, 2006 6:46 pm
by LiveFree
Ok,

Sorry about the confusion, I'll do some digging.