Thanks for the help! However, I tried 2 suggestions: if !([ -n "`/usr/bin/mysqladmin -u mysqld ping 2> /dev/null`" ]); then with if [ -n "`/usr/bin/mysqladmin -u mysqld ping 2> /dev/null`" ]; then and if !([ -n "`/usr/bin/mysqladmin -u UNKNOWN_USER ping 2> /dev/null`" ]); then with if [ -n "`/usr/bin/mysqladmin -u UNKNOWN_USER ping 2> /dev/null`" ]; then or even just one of the above lines in /etc/rc.d/init.d/mysqld, then restart mysqld. But I still got the same error. Is any other thing I need to "clean"? Thanks! Hongwei ==============Original message text=============== On Thu, 15 Apr 2004 12:17:41 pm CDT Clint Harshaw wrote: hongwei@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 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 ===========End of original message text===========
