That was it. mv /var/lib/mysql /var/lib/mysqlold rcmysql I can't believe it was that easy. Post nuke is up and running. THANKS! On Thursday 18 October 2001 09:25 am, you wrote:
Hi Phil
On Thursday 18 October 2001 09:47, you wrote:
Starting service MySQL Starting mysqld daemon with databases from /var/lib/mysql 011018 01:05:37 mysqld ended failed Failed services in runlevel 5: mysql
rcmysql start doesn't seem to like it if you have run mysql_install_db yourself - it wants to do it for you.
That is, install the MySQL package, set START_MYSQL in rc.config to "yes" (Yast -> System Administration -> Change configuration file), and then (as root) run "rcmysql start". This creates the user databases and starts the demon running.
Since you have done something else, what you might try doing as a shortcut is to rename the /var/lib/mysql folder to /var/lib/mysqlold, and then run rcmysql start.
It may be that once you have done this, MySQL will not allow you to access the users you have set up. If you hit this problem, post again, and we can take it from there.
Best wishes
Kevin