hi all,

for now i'm using this posting to figure out how to fix this mysql error.
ERROR 2002 (HY000): Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket '/tmp/mysql.sock' (2)


so far, when i type

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su -

and then

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mysql

i get the error above.

I'm using this post to figure it out.

stay tuned.
 
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Not sure if this will fix it forever, but so far so good.

i just typed

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mysqld_safe

and the system stalled.(or appeared to go blank on the terminal).

So, i hit ctrl+z and then typed

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ps -ax

i saw the service at the bottom started (mysqld....) and got excited.

then i typed

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mysql

and bingo... i'm there.
 
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Good to know. We'll look into it ...

To run mysql as normal user read this: http://www.mysql.org/doc/refman/5.0/en/changing-mysql-user.html

or use sudo cmd in front of your cmds.

i found out that you can start all of these services like mysql and fetchmail in the following location

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/etc/default

Now i have changed the FALSE to TRUE but nothing happened.

any ideas?
 
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/etc/default/mysql only specifies whether mysql should be started on system startup. If you want to start it immediately, use

/etc/init.d/mysql start

that is what i want it to do... start on startup. so far, it hasn't done that.

is the value TRUE, that i should use?
 
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