I saw an extensive google thread on this with about 100 posts most of
which where trash talk - just a bone, no meat.

While this worked fine on Slack 11 I can't figure what is wrong. My
real goal is to install MythTV (Slackbuild) and it requires mysql to be
running so as to create the myth DB - However I can't get the damn
thing to start (Yes I made /etc/rc.d/rc.mysqld executable).

It tries to start and then errors saying a PID called for an exit.

I read a bunch of those posts and nothing I tried helped albeit it was
a hodge podge of comments and insults.

Can anyone clear up this issue or perhaps point me to a no nonsense
explanation of what needs to be done to get mysqld daemon loaded?

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Ron Gibson <rsgibson@verizon.net> wrote:
> I saw an extensive google thread on this with about 100 posts most of
> which where trash talk - just a bone, no meat.
>
> While this worked fine on Slack 11 I can't figure what is wrong. My
> real goal is to install MythTV (Slackbuild) and it requires mysql to be
> running so as to create the myth DB - However I can't get the damn
> thing to start (Yes I made /etc/rc.d/rc.mysqld executable).
>
> It tries to start and then errors saying a PID called for an exit.
>
> I read a bunch of those posts and nothing I tried helped albeit it was
> a hodge podge of comments and insults.
>
> Can anyone clear up this issue or perhaps point me to a no nonsense
> explanation of what needs to be done to get mysqld daemon loaded?

Start by looking in /var/mysql/data/<hostname>.err.
Tell us what you see there.

Best regards,

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On Jul 14, 8:29 pm, Ron Gibson <rsgib...@verizon.net> wrote:
>
> Can anyone clear up this issue or perhaps point me to a no nonsense
> explanation of what needs to be done to get mysqld daemon loaded?

The needed steps are listed in the rc.mysqld script itself.
<snip>
# Before you can run MySQL, you must have a database. To install an
initial
# database, do this as root:
#
# mysql_install_db --user=mysql
<snip>

On 2008-07-15, Ron Gibson <rsgibson@verizon.net> wrote:
> I saw an extensive google thread on this with about 100 posts most of
> which where trash talk - just a bone, no meat.
>
> While this worked fine on Slack 11 I can't figure what is wrong. My
> real goal is to install MythTV (Slackbuild) and it requires mysql to be
> running so as to create the myth DB - However I can't get the damn
> thing to start (Yes I made /etc/rc.d/rc.mysqld executable).
>
> It tries to start and then errors saying a PID called for an exit.
>
> I read a bunch of those posts and nothing I tried helped albeit it was
> a hodge podge of comments and insults.
>
> Can anyone clear up this issue or perhaps point me to a no nonsense
> explanation of what needs to be done to get mysqld daemon loaded?
>

meat and potatoes

http://slackwiki.org/MySQL_Configuration

vb

On Mon, 14 Jul 2008, Charles Polisher wrote:

>
> Ron Gibson <rsgibson@verizon.net> wrote:
>> I saw an extensive google thread on this with about 100 posts most of
>> which where trash talk - just a bone, no meat.
>>
>> While this worked fine on Slack 11 I can't figure what is wrong. My
>> real goal is to install MythTV (Slackbuild) and it requires mysql to be
>> running so as to create the myth DB - However I can't get the damn
>> thing to start (Yes I made /etc/rc.d/rc.mysqld executable).
>>
>> It tries to start and then errors saying a PID called for an exit.
>>
>> I read a bunch of those posts and nothing I tried helped albeit it was
>> a hodge podge of comments and insults.
>>
>> Can anyone clear up this issue or perhaps point me to a no nonsense
>> explanation of what needs to be done to get mysqld daemon loaded?
>
> Start by looking in /var/mysql/data/<hostname>.err.
> Tell us what you see there.

10 to 1 it's a permissions error,

/var/run/mysql should be owned by mysql so it can write the sock file



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On Tue, 15 Jul 2008 13:30:48 +1000, Res wrote:

>> Start by looking in /var/mysql/data/<hostname>.err.
>> Tell us what you see there.

> 10 to 1 it's a permissions error,

> /var/run/mysql should be owned by mysql so it can write the sock file

I found a guide on mysql.com - I needed to setup the initializing DB's.
Maybe it's been too long but I don't recall having to do that in the
past to load the daemon.

In any event it works now, Thanks all.

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On Tue, 15 Jul 2008, Ron Gibson wrote:

>
> On Tue, 15 Jul 2008 13:30:48 +1000, Res wrote:
>
>>> Start by looking in /var/mysql/data/<hostname>.err.
>>> Tell us what you see there.
>
>> 10 to 1 it's a permissions error,
>
>> /var/run/mysql should be owned by mysql so it can write the sock file
>
> I found a guide on mysql.com - I needed to setup the initializing DB's.
> Maybe it's been too long but I don't recall having to do that in the
> past to load the daemon.

You've always had to do that :)

In fact I'm sure rc.mysqld states it as well

>
> In any event it works now, Thanks all.
>

Good to here.

>

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On 2008-07-15, Vincent Batts <vbatts@cardinal.lizella.net> wrote:

> meat and potatoes
>
> http://slackwiki.org/MySQL_Configuration

Yes.

Option 1 is all that is required to get basic mysql server enabled and
running in a std full slack 12.1 install.

nb

On Thu, 17 Jul 2008, notbob wrote:

>
> On 2008-07-15, Vincent Batts <vbatts@cardinal.lizella.net> wrote:
>
>> meat and potatoes
>>
>> http://slackwiki.org/MySQL_Configuration
>
> Yes.
>
> Option 1 is all that is required to get basic mysql server enabled and
> running in a std full slack 12.1 install.

those steps are not needed, and are darn right messy, you mean you give
a daemon a usable SHELL? *shakes head* its how it "used to be", but again
the rc.mysqld file tells you what to do without that.

Hrmm maybe we should modify it with a test that dies :)


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On 2008-07-17, Res <res@ausics.net> wrote:


> Hrmm maybe we should modify it with a test that dies :)

Hrmm maybe you should elaborate on a better way instead of just criticizing
like some crpytic know-it-all. :)

nb