Re: [CentOS] mysql won't start

On Tue, Oct 31, 2006 at 12:14:25PM -0500, Jim Perrin wrote:

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So how do I fix this problem? I'd rather not pave the system and start from scratch, but honestly if I'd done that the moment that this problem manifested, I'd probably be up and running again by now.

This sounds like you have both the i386 package and the x86_64 package installed.

OK I have removed the mysql, the mysql-server, and the mysqlclient RPMs for both architectures, removed /var/lib/mysql, then reinstalled only the x86_64 versions. However I still have the startup problem, the log file shows the same error.

I thought of selinux too, but 'getenforce' shows selinux is Disabled.

Any other ideas?