On Jan 31, 2008 4:34 PM, Dave Stevens <geek@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi, > > I have mysql installed in my F7 x86-64 system. When I try to use the System | > Administration | Server Settings and highlight mysqld and click on start I > get a delay and > > "mysqld failed. The error was: Timeout error occurred trying to start MySQL > Daemon. > Starting MySQL: [FAILED]" > > This is less informative than I would like it to be. > > /var/log/mysqld.log ends with: > > 080131 16:19:46 mysqld ended > > 080131 16:25:55 mysqld started > 080131 16:25:55 InnoDB: Database was not shut down normally! > InnoDB: Starting crash recovery. > InnoDB: Reading tablespace information from the .ibd files... > InnoDB: Restoring possible half-written data pages from the doublewrite > InnoDB: buffer... > 080131 16:25:55 InnoDB: Starting log scan based on checkpoint at > InnoDB: log sequence number 0 36808. > InnoDB: Doing recovery: scanned up to log sequence number 0 43655 > 080131 16:25:55 InnoDB: Starting an apply batch of log records to the > database. > .. > InnoDB: Progress in percents: 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 > 24 > 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 > 5 > 1 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 > 77 > 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 > InnoDB: Apply batch completed > 080131 16:25:56 InnoDB: Started; log sequence number 0 43655 > 080131 16:25:56 [ERROR] Fatal error: Can't open and lock privilege tables: > Table > 'mysql.host' doesn't exist > 080131 16:25:56 mysqld ended > > I don't know what this means or what to do about it. I have searched for > mysql.host and it seems not to be present. Ideas? > > > Dave > > -- > There is no single government agency that views sustainability through a broad > lens, taking into account the values of the people affected by government > decisions. Any model of sustainability that is driven solely by an economic > engine is deficient if it is incapable of taking into account social values. > > Mr. Justice David Vickers, BC Supreme Court in Tsilhqot'in Nation v. British > Columbia,2007 > > -- > fedora-list mailing list > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list > See if this will save you some time and effort: Try removing the server and then reinstall it. yum remove mysql-server yum install mysql-server ~af