Date: Mon, 01 Feb 2010 19:05:31 +0200 From: Manolis Kiagias <sonicy@otenet.gr> To: John <john@starfire.mn.org> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: mysql silently failing to start - suggestions? Message-ID: <4B6709DB.9010507@otenet.gr> In-Reply-To: <20100131213415.A39592@starfire.mn.org> References: <20100131213415.A39592@starfire.mn.org>
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On 01/02/2010 5:34 π.μ., 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? > Maybe a long shot, but I once had a problem starting mysql because the sticky bit was not set on /tmp. I had previously dump/restored the system and forgot to chmod -R 1777 /tmp Don't remember the exact error message - if there was any - but it took me quite some time to figure out. Have a quick look at this.
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