----- Original Message -----
From: <hongwei@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, April 15, 2004 12:35 PM
Subject: MySql starting failed?
> Hi,
>
> I just installed Fedora Core 1 linux system. When I try mysql, I got the
> following error:
>
> # /etc/init.d/mysqld start
> Initializing MySQL database: [ OK ]
> Timeout error occurred trying to start MySQL Daemon.
> Starting MySQL: [FAILED]
>
> I uninstalled mysql-server, then delete folders under /var/lib/mysql/,
> reinstall mysql-server from CD3. I still got the same error.
>
> When I try to uninstall mysql client, I got:
>
> # rpm -e mysql-3.23.58-4
> error: Failed dependencies:
> libmysqlclient.so.10 is needed by (installed)
perl-DBD-MySQL-2.9002-1
> # rpm -e perl-DBD-MySQL-2.9002-1
> error: Failed dependencies:
> perl-DBD-MySQL is needed by (installed) mysql-3.23.58-4
>
> Can somebody give me some help? Where is the problem? How to solve the
> problem?
>
> Thanks!
>
> Hongwei Li
>
Edit the /etc/rc.d/init.d/mysqld script and add "-u mysqld" to the lines
that issue the "mysqladmin ping" command so they look like this:
mysqladmin -u mysqld ping
That should do the trick. ;)
Shockwave
