Hi All: I'm trying to get mysql 5 installed on my CentOS 4.6 installation. I've installed mysql using yum: yum -y install perl-DBD-MySQL mysql-server mysql php-mysql mod_auth_mysql phpmyadmin mysqlclient Yum says it installed fine: Resolving Dependencies --> Populating transaction set with selected packages. Please wait. ---> Package phpmyadmin.noarch 0:2.11.4-1.el4.rf set to be updated ---> Package perl-DBD-MySQL.x86_64 0:2.9004-3.1.centos4 set to be updated ---> Package php-mysql.x86_64 0:5.1.6-3.el4s1.8 set to be updated ---> Package mysql-server.x86_64 0:5.0.54-1.el4.centos set to be updated ---> Package mod_auth_mysql.x86_64 1:3.0.0-2.el4s1.3 set to be updated ---> Package mysql.x86_64 0:5.0.54-1.el4.centos set to be updated --> Running transaction check Dependencies Resolved ============================================================================= Package Arch Version Repository Size ============================================================================= Installing: mod_auth_mysql x86_64 1:3.0.0-2.el4s1.3 centosplus 22 k mysql x86_64 5.0.54-1.el4.centos centosplus 2.9 M mysql-server x86_64 5.0.54-1.el4.centos centosplus 10 M perl-DBD-MySQL x86_64 2.9004-3.1.centos4 base 112 k php-mysql x86_64 5.1.6-3.el4s1.8 centosplus 85 k phpmyadmin noarch 2.11.4-1.el4.rf dag 4.2 M Transaction Summary ============================================================================= Install 6 Package(s) Update 0 Package(s) Remove 0 Package(s) Total download size: 17 M Downloading Packages: Running Transaction Test Finished Transaction Test Transaction Test Succeeded Running Transaction Installing: mysql ######################### [1/6] Installing: php-mysql ######################### [2/6] Installing: perl-DBD-MySQL ######################### [3/6] Installing: phpmyadmin ######################### [4/6] Installing: mysql-server ######################### [5/6] Installing: mod_auth_mysql ######################### [6/6] Installed: mod_auth_mysql.x86_64 1:3.0.0-2.el4s1.3 mysql.x86_64 0:5.0.54-1.el4.centos mysql-server.x86_64 0:5.0.54-1.el4.centos perl-DBD-MySQL.x86_64 0:2.9004-3.1.centos4 php-mysql.x86_64 0:5.1.6-3.el4s1.8 phpmyadmin.noarch 0:2.11.4-1.el4.rf Complete! But there isn't a my.cnf file in /etc/ Nor are there any files in: [root at ftp ~]# ls /var/lib/mysql/ mysql test [root at ftp ~]# ls /var/lib/mysql/mysql/ An rpm query shows everything should be installed: [root at ftp ~]# rpm -qa mysql mysql-5.0.54-1.el4.centos [root at ftp ~]# rpm -qa mysql* mysqlclient14-4.1.22-1.el4s1.1 mysqlclient10-devel-3.23.58-9.2.c4 mysql-5.0.54-1.el4.centos mysqlclient10-3.23.58-4.RHEL4.1 mysql-server-5.0.54-1.el4.centos mysqlclient10-3.23.58-9.2.c4 mysql-libs-5.0.54-1.el4.centos Trying to start mysql results in: [root at ftp ~]# service mysqld start Timeout error occurred trying to start MySQL Daemon. Starting MySQL: [FAILED] Thoughts?