From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Oct 13 09:18:48 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7A62016A412 for ; Fri, 13 Oct 2006 09:18:48 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from spap13@googlemail.com) Received: from nf-out-0910.google.com (nf-out-0910.google.com [64.233.182.189]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9DFD943D5D for ; Fri, 13 Oct 2006 09:18:44 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from spap13@googlemail.com) Received: by nf-out-0910.google.com with SMTP id n15so1465406nfc for ; Fri, 13 Oct 2006 02:18:43 -0700 (PDT) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=googlemail.com; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:references; b=pGelRjpjaubGUsXNYUIkKIjp/zNinepFSQUp5YU77xs1m3imKWupe0TfpOXXjNnecCwZFp4q7d7SU1YxIh3S5yBm3TpRtin5ZFwOu4E/0l7B36o39oIg8dEmR3Bv/iRK2wOnFeioYu8Fiwf+Uc+oAkj/iZdHD1JDnmPoHzI9c8I= Received: by 10.48.202.19 with SMTP id z19mr6630523nff; Fri, 13 Oct 2006 02:18:43 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.48.12.1 with HTTP; Fri, 13 Oct 2006 02:18:43 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: Date: Fri, 13 Oct 2006 10:18:43 +0100 From: "Spiros Papadopoulos" To: "Desmond Coughlan" In-Reply-To: <20061013082110.83079.qmail@web27509.mail.ukl.yahoo.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <20061013082110.83079.qmail@web27509.mail.ukl.yahoo.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: freebsd mailing list Subject: Re: MySQL and Roundcube Problem - db won't start! X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 13 Oct 2006 09:18:48 -0000 Hi, could you please try and run this: # /usr/local/libexec/mysqld -u root you probably want to add an ampersand '&' at the end of the line. and let me/us know if it works. I am sure this is not the appropriate way t= o do this, but maybe it will get you started. I am also curious for the response from experienced people for the above command which i think will work. All these provided that you have the mysql server installed.. Regards, Spiros On 13/10/06, Desmond Coughlan wrote: > > X-No-Archive: true > > Hi, > With the gracious help of a poster here, I managed to get roundcube up an= d > running, and had to resort to MySQL, which I know very little of. > > After it was all up and running, and we'd added the users and tested thei= r > access to webmail, we decided to put some more memory into the machine. = So > a quick shutdown later, and we were powering back up. Disaster: MySQL > didn't start and so roundcube mail just gives us 'service currently > unavailable' !! > > I've scoured the MySQL website, FAQ, etc., but can I start the damned > database? Can I hell. > > [root@rachi]/usr/local/bin(111): ./mysqladmin start > ./mysqladmin: connect to server at 'localhost' failed > error: 'Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket > '/tmp/mysql.sock' (2)' > Check that mysqld is running and that the socket: '/tmp/mysql.sock' > exists! > > ... and other similar errors. > > Fortunately, this server won't be 'production' until teachers and pupils > come back next week after the Sukkot holidays .. if this had happened whe= n > the server was being accessed by >95 people, bang would have gone our > credibility. > > Anyone able to help me get the db up and running, whilst I try to learn > about MySQL before this happens again ? > > Thanks. > > D. > > > --------------------------------- > D=E9couvrez une nouvelle fa=E7on d'obtenir des r=E9ponses =E0 toutes vos = questions > ! Demandez =E0 ceux qui savent sur Yahoo! Questions/R=E9ponses. > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to " > freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > --=20 Spiros Papadopoulos