Since recent rawhide changes, default mysql-server installation does not install service bindings (rc.*, checkconfig, etc.) anymore.
First initialize mysql databases in /var/lib/mysql using mysql_install_db then run mysqld_safe if you want a quick installation running. Otherwise, unpack old rc.* and checkconfig files from old packages. They still work.
On Sun, 2011-12-11 at 17:25 +0000, Paul F. Johnson wrote:
Hi,
No idea why I can't get mysql running on my rawhide box. When I try to start it up, I get the infamous
ERROR 2002 (HY000): Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket '/var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock' (2)
This looks like the daemon isn't running or the service isn't running.
service mysql or service mysqld is giving nothing and I can't find mysqld anywhere either.
There are some mysql-mmm entries in /etc/init.d but nothing else.
How do I get it running?
Paul
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