Mailinglist Archive: opensuse (5130 mails)

[Alan Purchase <alan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

George Stoianov wrote:
> --- Alan Purchase <alan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>   
>> Hi All,
>>
>> When I try to connect to web sites residing on my
>> laptop (both
>> http://localhost/website and
>> http://localhost/~user/website) I get the
>> following message:
>> "Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket
>> '/var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock' (13)".
>>     
>
> Do you have a php/perl/python etc. script that
> connects to MySQL??? What is it what is your code??
>
>   
The web sites I build typically use the Drupal CMS and are written in PHP.
>> The socket in question exists in /var/lib/mysql, it
>> is owned by the
>> mysql.mysql user and has the necessary permissions
>> (775). Also, the
>> mysql folder and the database folders within it are
>> owned by mysql.mysql
>> and have the necessary permissions (775).
>>     
>
> is mysql running?? Have you started it through YaST??
>   
Yes it is running. Runlevels are the defaults, 2, 3 and 5.
>   
>> Also, when connecting to
>> http://localhost/phpMyAdmin/ I got the
>> following error message from MySQL:
>> #2002 - The server is not responding (or the local
>> MySQL server's socket
>> is not correctly configured).
>> However, after changing the server name in
>> config.inc.php from localhost
>> to 127.0.0.1 I can connect to phpMyAdmin
>> successfully.
>>
>> Has anyone any ideas on what I am doing wrong? I
>> have googled myself
>> silly to no avail and would appreciate some
>> assistance.
>>     
>
> check your host name is it local host when you run the
> script in run levels did you get a warning that you
> will not be able to use localhost?? What versions are
> you using??
>   
No warnings.

Apache 2.0.54, MySQL 4.1.13, PHP 4.4.0.

I don't see why this is proving so difficult. It worked 'out of the box'
on Mandrake 9, a wee while ago mind you.
> Regards,
> George
>
>
>
>   
>> Cheers, Alan.
>>
>> Alan Purchase
>> Tregenna Business Services
>> 113 Victory Road
>> Laingholm
>> Auckland 1007
>> New Zealand  
>> ||
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