Bug #6644 Error when trying to connect via shared memory on clean 4.1 install

• Submitted: 15 Nov 2004 22:03
• Modified: 17 Nov 2004 3:02
• Reporter: Mike Hillyer
• Status: Can't repeat
• Category: MySQL Server: Command-line Clients
• Severity: S2 (Serious)
• Version: 4.1.7
• OS: Windows (Windows XP SP2)
• CPU Architecture: Any

[15 Nov 2004 22:03] Mike Hillyer

Description:
When I install MySQL 4.1 and try to connect with the following:

mysql -u root -p --protocol=memory

I receive the following error:

ERROR 2038 (HY000): Can't open shared memory; client could not create request event (5)

A similar error is encountered with mysqldump.

SHOW VARIABLES shows the following:

| shared_memory                          | ON                      |
| shared_memory_base_name         | MYSQL                |

Showing that shared memory is activated on the server.

How to repeat:
Install 4.1.7 on Windows, add 'shared-memory' to the my.ini file, attempt to connect with:

mysql -u root -p --protocol=memory

Suggested fix:
None at this time.

[17 Nov 2004 3:02] MySQL Verification Team

I wasn't able to repeat:

c:\mysql\bin>mysql -u root -p --protocol=memory
Enter password:
Welcome to the MySQL monitor.  Commands end with ; or \g.
Your MySQL connection id is 2 to server version: 4.1.7-nt-log

Type 'help;' or '\h' for help. Type '\c' to clear the buffer.

mysql> show variables like "%shared%";
+-------------------------+-------+
| Variable_name           | Value |
+-------------------------+-------+
| shared_memory           | ON    |
| shared_memory_base_name | MYSQL |
+-------------------------+-------+
2 rows in set (0.07 sec)

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