[TriLUG] SUSE - MySQL - Can't connect

[Jason Tower]

are you sure mysqld is actually running?

On Tuesday 30 November 2004 14:19, Daniel T. Jerome wrote:
> Hi yall,
>
> It's been a long time since I have made a submission to trilug. I've
> been a passive observer as of late.  I have a problem with connecting
> to my MySQL install on SuSE 9.0.  I have all my updates in place
> according to YAST.
>
>
>
> When I try to connect using the MYSQLCC client I get a message that
> says
>
> ERROR 2013: Lost connection to My SQL server during query
>
>
>
> When I try using the CLI mysql with -u and -p I get a message that
> says:
>
> ERROR 2002: Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket
> '/var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock' (2)
>
>
>
> When I try mysqladmin status I get a message that says:
>
> Mysqladmin: connect to server at 'localhost' failed
>
> Error: 'Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket
> '/var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock' (2)'
>
>
>
> Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated because I even attempted
> to uninstall and reinstall the service from the purchased install
> disk.
>
>
>
> Thanx,
>
>
>
> Daniel T. Jerome
> dan at InphoWorx.com
>
> www.InphoWorx.com
>
>
>
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