On Wed, 2005-02-02 at 12:29 +1000, Wes Barris wrote: > David Hoffman wrote: > > > On Tue, 01 Feb 2005 21:12:27 -0500, David Cary Hart <Fedora@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > >>On Wed, 2005-02-02 at 12:04 +1000, Wes Barris wrote: > >> > >>Did you install from the RPM? > >> > >>host.frm is created the first time you start the daemon and is located > >>in /var/lib/mysql/mysql. > > > > > > David, maybe you missed it, but when I read the original post, he did > > show his /var/lib/mysql/mysql directory, and I see the file there. > > Yes, the file is there. > > > > > I'm guessing it might be how he tried to start it. > > > > Wes... how did you try to start mysql? And what version are you using? > > Did you try "service mysql-server start"? (Version 3.xx that came with FC3) > > Or if you are using MySQL version 4.xx, "try service mysql start" > > root@bioweb# rpm -qa | fgrep -i mysql > perl-DBD-MySQL-2.9003-5 > mysql-3.23.58-14 > mysql-server-3.23.58-14 > > I tried this: > > /etc/init.d/mysqld start > > When I try your command I get this: > > root@bioweb# service mysql-server start > mysql-server: unrecognized service ---- try... mysql_install_db service mysqld start mysqladmin - u root password 'new-password' chkconfig mysqld on #for future reboots I also found it handy to add... skip-innodb to /etc/my.cnf good luck Craig
