Ed Morrison wrote: > mouss wrote: >> # yum install mysql mysql-server php-mysql >> .... >> # ls -a /var/lib/mysql >> . .. >> # rpm -qf /etc/my.cnf >> mysql-libs-5.0.54-1.el4.centos >> # service mysqld start >> Initializing MySQL database: [ OK ] >> Starting MySQL: [ OK ] >> [root at sushi lib]# ls mysql >> ibdata1 ib_logfile0 ib_logfile1 mysql mysql.sock test >> >> >> what I don't see in your setup is mysql-libs. > > Hi Mouss. It is there: > > [root at ftp ~]# rpm -qa mysql-libs > mysql-libs-5.0.54-1.el4.centos # 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"