----- Original Message ----- From: "William Warren" <hescominsoon at emmanuelcomputerconsulting.com> To: "CentOS mailing list" <centos at centos.org> Sent: Sunday, October 19, 2008 4:02 PM Subject: Re: [CentOS] cannot start Mysql > what errors ar you getting? Have you checked the logs? > > Obantec Support wrote: >> Hi >> New to CentOS 5.2 today. >> I cannot get MySQL 5.0.45 (default install) to start. X Fedora user. >> >> Mark >> _______________________________________________ >> CentOS mailing list >> CentOS at centos.org >> http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos >> > > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > > Hi i tried /etc/init.d/rc.d/mysqld start mysqld does not exist on the server. no /var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock no /var/run/mysqld/mysqld.pid no /var/log/mysqld.log this is a clean install from CentOS DVD iso. i tried the mysqld script from my FC3 install and got the following /etc/rc.d/init.d/mysqld: line 11: : command not found /etc/rc.d/init.d/mysqld: line 14: : command not found /etc/rc.d/init.d/mysqld: line 17: : command not found /etc/rc.d/init.d/mysqld: line 20: : command not found /etc/rc.d/init.d/mysqld: line 22: : command not found /etc/rc.d/init.d/mysqld: line 63: : command not found /etc/rc.d/init.d/mysqld: line 82: : command not found /etc/rc.d/init.d/mysqld: line 86: : command not found chown: `mysql:mysql': invalid user Initializing MySQL database: /etc/rc.d/init.d/functions: line 498: /usr/bin/mysql_install_db: No such file or directory [FAILED] chown: `mysql:mysql': invalid user /etc/rc.d/init.d/mysqld: line 108: : command not found I get the feeling i need use yum to get some more mysql packages. big clue is previously user:group mysql:mysql are set-up by an rpm. rpm -qa | grep mysql mysql-5.0.45-7.el5 is installed the DVD has devel and server rpm's which i think as a minimum need to be installed. Mark