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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>try 'mysql -u root mysql -p' </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
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<A title=swansian@atlanticbb.net href="mailto:swansian@atlanticbb.net">ian
swanson</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=mythtv-users@mythtv.org
href="mailto:mythtv-users@mythtv.org">mythtv-users@mythtv.org</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, June 29, 2005 1:50
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [mythtv-users] MySQL
errors</DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>When i issue <!--StartFragment -->'mysql -u root
mysql' or issue <!--StartFragment -->'mysql -u root mysql' , i get the error:
<SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 16pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Nimbus Roman No9 L'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Nimbus Sans L'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA">Can't
connect to local MySQL server through socket '/var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock' (2) .
And if I type in mythtv from the commandline, all that happens is
this:
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 16pt">[root@localhost ~]# mythtv<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 16pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Nimbus Roman No9 L'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Nimbus Sans L'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA">2005-06-08
08:10:32.726 New DB connection, total : 1. I was instructed
to '/etc/init.d/mysql start'.... but I get the error:
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">[root@localhost ~]#
/etc/init.d/mysqld start</P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">chown: `mysql:mysql': invalid
user</P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">chown: `mysql:mysql': invalid
user</P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">Timeout error occurred trying
to start MySQL Daemon.</P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">Starting MySQL: [FAILED]</P>
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size=2></FONT> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face=Arial size=2>It
would be nice to just get the stupid database to work.</FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face=Arial size=2>Thanks
for any help. Ian</FONT></P></SPAN></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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