Date: Mon, 29 Aug 2005 07:50:25 -0700 From: David Kirchner <dpk@dpk.net> To: Norberto Meijome <freebsd@meijome.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, Aidan Whyte <aidanwhyte@eircom.net> Subject: Re: mysqld startup problems Message-ID: <35c231bf05082907503769b7fd@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <43131C18.5030101@meijome.net> References: <43122387.3090202@eircom.net> <431319BC.2050008@eircom.net> <43131C18.5030101@meijome.net>
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On 8/29/05, Norberto Meijome <freebsd@meijome.net> wrote: > Not directly, but when I find myself in this pickle, I try to see what > exactly is the process doing: >=20 > $ ktrace /usr/local/etc/rc.d/mysql-server.sh start >=20 > ( wait for it to finish ) >=20 > kdump -f ./ktrace.out | less >=20 > and look for any errors / etc, and take it from there. you'll be able to > see any access errors / file not found,etc (i'd say it's a missing > directory or wrong access in a directory for mysql user) Excellent advice -- also, if you add the "-d" flag to ktrace, it will also include all descendants in the resulting ktrace.out file.
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