From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Feb 1 03:41:51 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 330C21065764 for ; Mon, 1 Feb 2010 03:41:51 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from amvandemore@gmail.com) Received: from mail-px0-f183.google.com (mail-px0-f183.google.com [209.85.216.183]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 076758FC08 for ; Mon, 1 Feb 2010 03:41:50 +0000 (UTC) Received: by pxi13 with SMTP id 13so2223749pxi.3 for ; Sun, 31 Jan 2010 19:41:50 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:in-reply-to:references :date:message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type; bh=DPFJ4B3MtkNvyWzugYeKEuHHyWK2neQq+OQPUf8D/DM=; b=EL9UBGnNlQxauA4FxqE2KBuhWuZDx//RXFIYWcbVMBG4fl8J4CVyl61af2drrzzJFM QyCAw+uZwDF5vIxKNL/Knu6UDm32QTTJFbzf+YX8pphTS0nHnj6veLDEP1xotH0gca+K HXxdkYoHIECNFk2FXbnTW+II6FnJK4LS2quHE= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type; b=nSEbaT7sFqMVSrKzTOSiFB02rG99yJwP6drsO39MmpzFlllm4CxAJSGTtw+2MurN3X iReAmVh0gDS8uxw+8j96I5vOP0lfEl67PgT1dDs2gClhfetC4WKcoja65N7xB+pNFQXD p2c+qtJxuautgB1Yc9maY32A9dNpZEX9EAxSU= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.142.208.11 with SMTP id f11mr2706924wfg.9.1264995710472; Sun, 31 Jan 2010 19:41:50 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <20100131213415.A39592@starfire.mn.org> References: <20100131213415.A39592@starfire.mn.org> Date: Sun, 31 Jan 2010 21:41:50 -0600 Message-ID: <6201873e1001311941w4fb2d1ecr6830291ef9dc1cd1@mail.gmail.com> From: Adam Vande More To: John Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: mysql silently failing to start - suggestions? 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: Mon, 01 Feb 2010 03:41:51 -0000 On Sun, Jan 31, 2010 at 9:34 PM, John 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 > 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