MySQL Bugs: #29596: ERROR 2002 (HY000): Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket '/tmp/my

Bug #29596	ERROR 2002 (HY000): Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket '/tmp/my
Submitted:	6 Jul 2007 11:02	Modified:	6 Aug 2007 12:30
Reporter:	Thinakaran Chelliah	Email Updates:
Status:	No Feedback	Impact on me:	None
Category:	MySQL Server: Installing	Severity:	S2 (Serious)
Version:	5.0.41	OS:	Linux (suse 10)
Assigned to:		CPU Architecture:	Any

Description:
when i used to connect mysql it saya like this.
please help me 

ERROR 2002 (HY000): Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket '/tmp/mysql.sock' (2)

How to repeat:
ERROR 2002 (HY000): Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket '/tmp/mysql.sock' (2)

thanks
by 
thina

Thank you for the report.

Are you sure mysqld is running and accepts connections through socket /tmp/mysql.sock? Please run command `ps ef | grep mysqld` to check this.

>please help me 

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I'M STILL HAVING THIS PROBLEM ERROR 2002 (HY000): Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket '/var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock' (2).

HERE IS THE CECHK RESULT:   (PLEASE HELP)

root@JP:/home/jp# ps ef | grep mysqld
 6530 pts/0    S+     0:00      \_ grep mysqld SHELL=/bin/bash TERM=xterm USER=root LS_COLORS=no=00:fi=00:di=01;34:ln=01;36:pi=40;33:so=01;35:do=01;35:bd=40;33;01:cd=40;33;01:or=40;31;01:su=37;41:sg=30;43:tw=30;42:ow=34;42:st=37;44:ex=01;32:*.tar=01;31:*.tgz=01;31:*.svgz=01;31:*.arj=01;31:*.taz=01;31:*.lzh=01;31:*.lzma=01;31:*.zip=01;31:*.z=01;31:*.Z=01;31:*.dz=01;31:*.gz=01;31:*.bz2=01;31:*.bz=01;31:*.tbz2=01;31:*.tz=01;31:*.deb=01;31:*.rpm=01;31:*.jar=01;31:*.rar=01;31:*.ace=01;31:*.zoo=01;31:*.cpio=01;31:*.7z=01;31:*.rz=01;31:*.jpg=01;35:*.jpeg=01;35:*.gif=01;35:*.bmp=01;35:*.pbm=01;35:*.pgm=01;35:*.ppm=01;35:*.tga=01;35:*.xbm=01;35:*.xpm=01;35:*.tif=01;35:*.tiff=01;35:*.png=01;35:*.svg=01;35:*.mng=01;35:*.pcx=01;35:*.mov=01;35:*.mpg=01;35:*.mpeg=01;35:*.m2v=01;35:*.mkv=01;35:*.ogm=01;35:*.mp4=01;35:*.m4v=01;35:*.mp4v=01;35:*.vob=01;35:*.qt=01;35:*.nuv=01;35:*.wmv=01;35:*.asf=01;35:*.rm=01;35:*.rmvb=01;35:*.flc=01;35:*.avi=01;35:*.fli=01;35:*.gl=01;35:*.dl=01;35:*.xcf=01;35:*.xwd=01;35:*.yuv=01;35:*.aac=00;36:*.au=00;36:*.flac=00;36:*.mid=00;36:*.midi=00;36:*.mka=00;36:*.mp3=00;36:*.mpc=00;36:*.ogg=00;36:*.ra=00;36:*.wav=00;36: SUDO_USER=jp SUDO_UID=1000 USERNAME=root MAIL=/var/mail/root PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games PWD=/home/jp LANG=es_MX.UTF-8 SHLVL=1 SUDO_COMMAND=/bin/su HOME=/root LOGNAME=root LESSOPEN=| /usr/bin/lesspipe %s SUDO_GID=1000 DISPLAY=:0.0 LESSCLOSE=/usr/bin/lesspipe %s %s XAUTHORITY=/home/jp/.Xauthority COLORTERM=gnome-terminal _=/bin/grep