On Thursday 31 January 2008 05:15:58 pm Aldo Foot wrote: > 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. snip! > 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 Thanks, a good idea but no go: [root@localhost log]# tail mysqld.log 080131 17:28:44 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 17:28:44 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 51 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 17:28:45 InnoDB: Started; log sequence number 0 43655 080131 17:28:45 [ERROR] Fatal error: Can't open and lock privilege tables: Table 'mysql.host' doesn't exist 080131 17:28:45 mysqld ended other 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
