On Tue, 17 Oct 2006 01:45:29 +0000 "Jim Douglas" <jdz99@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > I recently upgraded from FC4 > FC5, now I get this error whwn > starting MySQL > > "mysqld dead but subsys locked" > > I uninstalled, reinstalled with YUM, no help at all... > > What else can I do? Have you looked in /var/log/messages, /var/log/mysqld.log or /var/lib/mysql/*.err for any error messages? These should steer you in the right path. > Jim > Michael. -- Michael Fleming <mfleming@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Be master of mind rather than mastered by mind.