so i finally went yum route, by installing yum install *mysql* and yum install *odbc* ... now everthing seems to have installed but in my KDE, i see no icons and there is no way i can start or stop services for mysql.
service mysql start / stop returns unrecognized service....
Sounds like you only have the command line client installed.
Test with "rpm -q mysql-server" Install with "yum install mysql-server"
Then "service mysqld start" (there's a "d")
Miles.
