Date: Sun, 31 Jan 2010 21:41:50 -0600 From: Adam Vande More <amvandemore@gmail.com> To: John <john@starfire.mn.org> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: mysql silently failing to start - suggestions? Message-ID: <6201873e1001311941w4fb2d1ecr6830291ef9dc1cd1@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20100131213415.A39592@starfire.mn.org> References: <20100131213415.A39592@starfire.mn.org>
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On Sun, Jan 31, 2010 at 9:34 PM, John <john@starfire.mn.org> wrote: > If this isn't the right list - if I should try another let me know - > but since this is the mysql-server-5.4.2 package, and since you > folks have been so helpful, I thought I'd give it a go. > > Anyway, the system is 8.0-RELEASE and that package is installed, > and I can't start the server. Not only can I not start the server, > but it's not giving me a clue. I can't find anything anywhere. > Not in /var/log/messages, not anywhere. When I run > /usr/local/etc/rc.d/mysqlserver start > it says "Starting mysql.", pauses for several seconds (I don't see > anything go by in "top") and then the script exits. At that point, > one would expect, there's no /tmp/mysql.sock, there's nothing > in messages or anywhere else. With nothing to go on, well, I don't > know where to start. Any suggestions? > -- > > John Lind > john@starfire.MN.ORG<http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions>; > I completely switched to postgresql long ago, but maybe I remember enough to provide a clue, actually this a really application agnostic. 1. edit the config file to increase verbosity. 2. start the binary from the commandline, don't run the start-up scripts as they sometimes mask errors. -- Adam Vande More
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