On Sunday 04 April 2004 17:52, Anders Johansson wrote:
Use /etc/init.d/mysql start (or rcmysql start - same thing, fewer characters to type) to start it instead. It uses mysql_safe. If you look at how that calls mysql_safe you might see what you did wrong
I tried this but unfortunately to no avail ... SusiX:/var/lib/mysql # /etc/init.d/mysql start Starting service MySQL failed 040404 17:54:55 mysqld started 040404 17:54:57 InnoDB: Started 040404 17:54:57 Fatal error: Can't open privilege tables: Can't find file: './mysql/host.frm' (errno: 13) 040404 17:54:57 Aborting 040404 17:54:57 InnoDB: Starting shutdown... 040404 17:54:59 InnoDB: Shutdown completed 040404 17:54:59 /usr/sbin/mysqld-max: Shutdown Complete 040404 17:54:59 mysqld ended Thanks anyway. Frederic