From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Jan 12 09:41:41 2005 Return-Path: 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 B5B1116A4CE for ; Wed, 12 Jan 2005 09:41:41 +0000 (GMT) Received: from t-x.dignus.nl (t-x.dignus.nl [83.219.88.50]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5F18943D39 for ; Wed, 12 Jan 2005 09:41:41 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from colin@kenmore.kozy-kabin.nl) Received: from localhost (localhost.dignus.nl [127.0.0.1]) by t-x.dignus.nl (Safehouse) with ESMTP id 4C0072841E; Wed, 12 Jan 2005 10:41:56 +0100 (CET) Received: from kenmore.kozy-kabin.nl (cjr-home [62.251.72.148]) by t-x.dignus.nl (Safehouse) with ESMTP id B36292841A; Wed, 12 Jan 2005 10:41:51 +0100 (CET) Received: from kenmore.kozy-kabin.nl (localhost.kozy-kabin.nl [127.0.0.1]) by kenmore.kozy-kabin.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id A289D61BD; Wed, 12 Jan 2005 10:41:34 +0100 (CET) Received: from localhost (colin@localhost)j0C9fYkV062518; Wed, 12 Jan 2005 10:41:34 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from colin@kenmore.kozy-kabin.nl) Date: Wed, 12 Jan 2005 10:41:34 +0100 From: "Colin J. Raven" To: "Walker, Michael" In-Reply-To: Message-ID: <20050112103954.L1613@kenmore.kozy-kabin.nl> References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII X-Virus-Scanned: by RemSPAMd at ph230.plushosting.nl cc: "Freebsd-Questions \(E-mail\)" Subject: RE: Trouble starting MySQL X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 12 Jan 2005 09:41:41 -0000 On Jan 12 at 09:35, Walker, Michael launched this into the bitstream: > > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org]On Behalf Of Colin J. Raven > Sent: Wednesday, January 12, 2005 9:30 AM > To: FreeBSD Questions > Subject: Trouble starting MySQL > > > Greetings all, > I installed MySQL from ports (mysql-4.1.7) > then tried to start it. Nothing doing - wo way. > > Starting it from /usr/loca/etc/rc.d/mysql-server.sh nothing happens. No > error message is emitted, but no running instance of mysql either. > > > > Read /usr/loca/etc/rc.d/mysql-server.sh you now have to start mysqld from > your rc.conf file. > > HTH Yes it *did* help, but are you saying therefore that to start mysql righeously you have to reboot the box? I don't know any other way to make the OS re-read rc.conf. Many thenks for the light-speed response!!! -Colin