From owner-freebsd-stable Sat Aug 21 17:17: 7 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from pawn.primelocation.net (pawn.primelocation.net [205.161.238.235]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5815F14E7B for ; Sat, 21 Aug 1999 17:16:51 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from jedgar@fxp.org) Received: by pawn.primelocation.net (Postfix, from userid 1003) id 3AE03F818; Sat, 21 Aug 1999 20:14:04 -0400 (EDT) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pawn.primelocation.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2D33D9B17; Sat, 21 Aug 1999 20:14:04 -0400 (EDT) Date: Sat, 21 Aug 1999 20:14:04 -0400 (EDT) From: "Chris D. Faulhaber" X-Sender: jedgar@pawn.primelocation.net To: Mike Steinfeld Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: MySQL doesnt want to install In-Reply-To: <37BF6371.D25BB5F1@freebsdbox.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Sat, 21 Aug 1999, Mike Steinfeld wrote: > im trying to install mysql from the ports and i have tried to d/l the > .tar.gz and install it ... either way i get the same error " ERROR 2002: > Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket '/tmp/mysql.sock' ". > > Im sure im not the only one that has had this problem so any help would > be appreciated. > Either compile with native threads (make NATIVE_THREADS=yes) or specify the hostname (*not* localhost) using the -h flag on the command line. The MySQL documentations states that pthreads do not work with domain dockets (i.e. /tmp/mysql.sock). BTW, this question is probably better suited to freebsd-ports. ----- Chris D. Faulhaber | All the true gurus I've met never System/Network Administrator, | claimed they were one, and always Reality Check Information, Inc. | pointed to someone better. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message