| Bug #1156 | Installed mysql on linux but it failed to run mysqld | ||
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| Submitted: | 28 Aug 2003 5:39 | Modified: | 28 Sep 2003 9:04 |
| Reporter: | [ name withheld ] | Email Updates: | |
| Status: | No Feedback | Impact on me: | |
| Category: | MySQL Server | Severity: | S2 (Serious) |
| Version: | 4.0.14 | OS: | Linux (Linux 9) |
| Assigned to: | CPU Architecture: | Any | |
[28 Aug 2003 9:04]
Indrek Siitan
The error log (in the data directory, /var/lib/mysql) named [yourhostname].err should not be decrypted and should contain the error why your server refused to start. Please check.
[14 Feb 2005 22:54]
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Description: I installed mysql at location /usr/mysql. and then executed the mysql_install_db script. the database was successfully created at /var/lib/mysql/ but the test folder was empty. I then entered the following command but the mysqld failed to run: [root@localhost mysql]# ./bin/mysqld_safe --user=mysql --basedir=/usr/mysql/ --datadir=/var/lib/mysql/ --language=/usr/mysql/share/mysql/english & [1] 5038 [root@localhost mysql]# Starting mysqld daemon with databases from /var/lib/mysql/ 030828 18:08:45 mysqld ended [1]+ Done ./bin/mysqld_safe --user=mysql --basedir=/usr/mysql/ --datadir=/var/lib/mysql/ --language=/usr/mysql/share/mysql/english I tried to check the log files but they were encrypted. How to repeat: Install mysql at /usr/mysql run the mysql_install_db script execute the command: ./bin/mysqld_safe --user=mysql --basedir=/usr/mysql/ --datadir=/var/lib/mysql/ --language=/usr/mysql/share/mysql/english &