I would recommend that everyone in this thread read this little tidbit on getting MySQL 4 on Fedora Core 2. http://fedoranews.org/contributors/tony_smith/mysql/ I did this on a Whitebox install and an FC2 install, and it was perfect. Thanks, Erik On Mon, 12 Jul 2004 18:16:20 +0100, Dave Pawson <david@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Mon, 2004-07-12 at 07:54, A. Lanza wrote: > > After installing FC2 i realized that the mysql server version installed > > was 3.x. I wanted to install version 4.0, so i got the rpm > > package from mysql website and i installed it on my system. > > > > Now it seems like mysql server is not running. I get no output for the > > command "ps -A | grep mysql". Also, when i try to connect to mysql > > server using mysql client, i get the following error message: > > > > ERROR 2002: Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket > > '/var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock' (2) > > > > It seems like mysql server does not automatically start when i boot up > > my computer... how can i start it manually? Where in the filesystem does > > mysql server get installed after installing the rpm? > > I had the same error until I installed the 'client' package > MySQL-client-4.0.20-0.i386.rpm > Both from mysql.com > > HTH DaveP > > > > > -- > fedora-list mailing list > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe: http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list >
