mysql not starting on suse10.0 oss

Installed mysql via yast. when trying to launch mysql, it states, ERROR 2002 (HY000): Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket '/var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock' (2) Searched google and find a few solutions: 1. run mysqld_safe as root and got following error Stopping server from PID file /var/lib/mysql/linux.site.pid mysqld ended 2. Added a line to mysql.server ln -s /usr/share/mysql/mysql.server /etc/init.d/rc5.d/S99mysql Still no joy! There is no '/var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock' on the server. Any idea? Trying to figure this out for days. Regards, Kai