From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Feb 1 14:43:15 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 4B0461065670 for ; Mon, 1 Feb 2010 14:43:15 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from glarkin@FreeBSD.org) Received: from mail1.sourcehosting.net (113901-app1.sourcehosting.net [72.32.213.11]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2751A8FC16 for ; Mon, 1 Feb 2010 14:43:14 +0000 (UTC) Received: from 68-189-245-235.dhcp.oxfr.ma.charter.com ([68.189.245.235] helo=cube.entropy.prv) by mail1.sourcehosting.net with esmtp (Exim 4.69 (FreeBSD)) (envelope-from ) id 1NbxUa-000Cjl-TO; Mon, 01 Feb 2010 09:43:13 -0500 Received: from [127.0.0.1] (fireball.entropy.prv [192.168.1.12]) by cube.entropy.prv (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1CC6E3AD8DF4; Mon, 1 Feb 2010 09:43:09 -0500 (EST) Message-ID: <4B66E87C.4020507@FreeBSD.org> Date: Mon, 01 Feb 2010 09:43:08 -0500 From: Greg Larkin Organization: The FreeBSD Project User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.23 (Windows/20090812) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: John References: <20100131213415.A39592@starfire.mn.org> In-Reply-To: <20100131213415.A39592@starfire.mn.org> X-Enigmail-Version: 0.96.0 OpenPGP: id=1C940290 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Spam-Score: 0.1 (/) 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 Reply-To: glarkin@FreeBSD.org List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 01 Feb 2010 14:43:15 -0000 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 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? Hi John, If I'm having problems with an rc.d script, I'll invoke it with shell verbosity turned on so I can see exactly what commands are executing. You might try that if the other posted suggestions don't fix the problem. Invoke the script like this: sh -x /usr/local/etc/rc.d/mysqlserver start Hope that helps, Greg - -- Greg Larkin http://www.FreeBSD.org/ - The Power To Serve http://www.sourcehosting.net/ - Ready. Set. Code. http://twitter.com/sourcehosting/ - Follow me, follow you -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.7 (MingW32) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iD8DBQFLZuh80sRouByUApARAvx3AKDBf2N7AL6bdGwB7xstpcLmrAE2dwCgmWkD o2I1yIPXWEaOx4zFl5sl3bM= =P/dg -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----