Donald D Henson wrote:
Original Post:
I'm not a newbie on computers in general but I am a complete newbie on MySQL. I installed MySQL as part of the xampp install kit for Linux. Everything seemed to go well and the test routines seemed to be passing. I then assigned a (MySQL) root password and everything ground to a halt. I started getting the famous "Error 2002 (HY000)) which basically means nothing can connect. I'm looking for a kind person willing to assist in locating, fixing, and explaining the bug here, even if the bug is me. I've spent quite a bit of time trying a few things I found in Appendix B of the user manual to very little effect. Bottom line? I'm thoroughly confused and need assistance. If you are interested, contact me off-list at wepin@wepin.com. Thanks for your time.
Don Henson
Help:
Lot's of it. All appreciated.
Resolution:
The bottom line is that the server was not running. The main barrier to a solution was that every howto, tutorial, and help dialog that I consulted told me that the start command was:
service mysqld start
In OpenSuSE 10.3, however, the command is:
service mysql start (Note the absence of "d")
One small point - "service" is a redhat thing, and I won't comment on
its utility, but IMHO the real handy way to start services on suse is
with the good old "rc" scripts, which follow the old school unix
convention of "rc