Bug #35070 MySQLStartupItem doesn't work
Submitted: 5 Mar 2008 9:37 Modified: 5 Mar 2008 19:34
Reporter: Christian Bonami
Status: Duplicate
Category:Server: Installing Severity:S2 (Serious)
Version:mysql-5.0.51a-osx10.5-x86 OS:Mac OS X (10.5.2)
Assigned to: Target Version:
Tags: MySQL.prefpane, mysqlstartupitem

[5 Mar 2008 9:37] Christian Bonami 
Description:
I've installed MySQL, MySQLStartupitem and also double clicked the MYSQL.prefpane icon.
So in my Preferences I see the 'MySQL' icon.
But I cannot start/stop the server from there, I can only manually start up the server
using

sudo /usr/local/mysql/bin/mysqld_safe --user=mysql

If I do so, the MySQL prefpane sees that the server is running, but I cannot stop it. I
also cannot start it if it were not running.

What am I missing here

How to repeat:
Install MySQL, install MySQLStartupitem and the MYSQL.prefpane. Go to your preferences
and try to start the MySQL server. It doesn't work (at least not for me).
[5 Mar 2008 10:07] Christian Bonami 
I partially fixed the problem with this:

sudo mv /usr/local/MySQLCOM/ /Library/StartupItems/

Now, my MySQL server starts up when OS X starts.
The MySQL preference pane buttons (start/stop) are still not working though...
[5 Mar 2008 19:34] Sveta Smirnova 
Please do not submit the same bug more than once. An existing bug report already describes
this very problem. Even if you feel that your issue is somewhat different, the resolution
is likely
to be the same. Because of this, we hope you add your comments to the original bug
instead.

Thank you for your interest in MySQL.

Duplicate of bug #28854
[7 Mar 2008 8:52] Mattias Jonsson 
Just for reference, Bug#28854 is the MySQL.prefPane not working in Mac OS X 10.5 and
bug#25008 is the non working StartupItem.pkg.