Am 11.12.2011 22:02, schrieb Paul F. Johnson:
Hi,
Did you initialize databases as suggested (mysql_install_db) ?
Yep - gave me this
[root@PB3 paul]# mysql_install_db Installing MySQL system tables... 111211 21:00:37 [ERROR] Incorrect definition of table mysql.proc: expected column 'comment' at position 15 to have type text, found type char(64). ERROR: 1136 Column count doesn't match value count at row 1 111211 21:00:38 [ERROR] Aborting
111211 21:00:38 [Note] /usr/libexec/mysqld: Shutdown complete
sounds like this is not a fresh install
people should be advised to call "mysql_upgrade -u root -p" after EACH minor update to avoid such issues over the long
use this to start mysqld without permissions-system but make sure it is not reachable for clients as long it is running without priv
http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.1/en/server-options.html#option_mysqld_ski...
after mysqld si running use "mysql_upgrade -u" (you do not need a password at this point) and after that REMOVE skip-grant from your config and restart the service a last time to active privilege control