From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Feb 1 17:05:34 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 4296C1065672 for ; Mon, 1 Feb 2010 17:05:34 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from sonicy@otenet.gr) Received: from rosebud.otenet.gr (rosebud.otenet.gr [83.235.67.32]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A49528FC15 for ; Mon, 1 Feb 2010 17:05:33 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pulstar.local (ppp-94-69-81-225.home.otenet.gr [94.69.81.225]) by rosebud.otenet.gr (8.13.8/8.13.8/Debian-3) with ESMTP id o11H5VIl023898; Mon, 1 Feb 2010 19:05:31 +0200 Message-ID: <4B6709DB.9010507@otenet.gr> Date: Mon, 01 Feb 2010 19:05:31 +0200 From: Manolis Kiagias User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; Intel Mac OS X 10.6; en-US; rv:1.9.1.7) Gecko/20100111 Thunderbird/3.0.1 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: John References: <20100131213415.A39592@starfire.mn.org> In-Reply-To: <20100131213415.A39592@starfire.mn.org> X-Enigmail-Version: 1.0.1 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit 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 17:05:34 -0000 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.