[TriLUG] SUSE - MySQL - Can't connect

[Mark Fowle]

Check to see if you have a /var/lib/mysql ... I thought by default it 
writes the socket file to /tmp ...   I had to create a soft link
on my server.

Mark

>On Tuesday 30 November 2004 14:19, Daniel T. Jerome wrote:
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>>Hi yall,
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>>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.
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>>When I try to connect using the MYSQLCC client I get a message that
>>says
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>>ERROR 2013: Lost connection to My SQL server during query
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>>When I try using the CLI mysql with -u and -p I get a message that
>>says:
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>>ERROR 2002: Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket
>>'/var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock' (2)
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>>When I try mysqladmin status I get a message that says:
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>>Mysqladmin: connect to server at 'localhost' failed
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>>Error: 'Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket
>>'/var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock' (2)'
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>>Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated because I even attempted
>>to uninstall and reinstall the service from the purchased install
>>disk.
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>>Thanx,
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>>Daniel T. Jerome
>>dan at InphoWorx.com
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>>www.InphoWorx.com
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