[CentOS] OFF Topic: mysql installation problem

[mouss]

Ed Morrison wrote:
> mouss wrote:
>>
>> # rpm -q mysql-libs
>> mysql-libs-5.0.54-1.el4.centos
>>
>> so it's the same version, but:
>>
>> # rpm -ql mysql-libs|grep /etc
>> /etc/ld.so.conf.d/mysql-i386.conf
>> /etc/my.cnf
>>
>> has /etc/my.cnf. here are the contents if that could help.
>> # cat  /etc/my.cnf
>> [mysqld]
>> datadir=/var/lib/mysql
>> socket=/var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock
>> user=mysql
>> # Default to using old password format for compatibility with mysql 3.x
>> # clients (those using the mysqlclient10 compatibility package).
>> old_passwords=1
>>
>> # To allow mysqld to connect to a MySQL Cluster management daemon, 
>> uncomment
>> # these lines and adjust the connectstring as needed.
>> #ndbcluster
>> #ndb-connectstring="nodeid=4;host=localhost:1186"
>>
>> [mysqld_safe]
>> log-error=/var/log/mysqld.log
>> pid-file=/var/run/mysqld/mysqld.pid
>>
>> [ndbd]
>> # If you are running a MySQL Cluster storage daemon (ndbd) on this 
>> machine,
>> # adjust its connection to the management daemon here.
>> # Note: ndbd init script requires this to include nodeid!
>> connect-string="nodeid=2;host=localhost:1186"
>>
>> [ndb_mgm]
>> # connection string for MySQL Cluster management tool
>> connect-string="host=localhost:1186"
>>
> I created the my.cnf for my system but still nada:
>
> [root at ftp ~]# rpm -ql mysql-libs|grep /etc
> /etc/ld.so.conf.d/mysql-x86_64.conf
> /etc/my.cnf
>
> [root at ftp ~]# vi /etc/my.cnf
>
> [mysqld]
> datadir=/var/lib/mysql
> socket=/var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock
> # Default to using old password format for compatibility with mysql 3.x
> # clients (those using the mysqlclient10 compatibility package).
> # old_passwords=1
>
> [client]
> socket=/tmp/mysql.sock
>
> [mysql.server]
> user=mysql
> basedir=/var/lib
>
> [mysqld_safe]
> err-log=/var/log/mysqld.log
> pid-file=/var/run/mysqld/mysqld.pid
>
> [root at ftp ~]# service mysqld start
> Timeout error occurred trying to start MySQL Daemon.
> Starting MySQL:  [FAILED]
>
>
> Logs are less than helpfull:
> Feb 14 14:26:54 ftp mysqld: Starting MySQL:  failed

anything in /var/log/mysqld.log?