On Mon, Feb 6, 2012 at 5:51 PM, Jason T. Slack-Moehrle <slackmoehrle at gmail.com> wrote: > Hi Guys, > > I installed CentOS 6 and installed 'yum install mysql mysql-devel mysql-server' > > When I try and start MySQL I get: > 120206 16:42:07 mysqld_safe Starting mysqld daemon with databases from /var/lib/mysql > /usr/libexec/mysqld: Table 'mysql.plugin' doesn't exist > 120206 16:42:07 [ERROR] Can't open the mysql.plugin table. Please run mysql_upgrade to create it. > 120206 16:42:07 InnoDB: Started; log sequence number 0 44233 > 120206 16:42:07 [ERROR] Fatal error: Can't open and lock privilege tables: Table 'mysql.host' doesn't exist > 120206 16:42:07 mysqld_safe mysqld from pid file /var/run/mysqld/mysqld.pid ended > > > > if I go look in /var/lib/mysql I see: > > -rw-rw----. 1 mysql mysql 10485760 Feb 5 16:53 ibdata1 > -rw-rw----. 1 mysql mysql 5242880 Feb 6 16:42 ib_logfile0 > -rw-rw----. 1 mysql mysql 5242880 Feb 5 16:33 ib_logfile1 > drwx------. 2 mysql mysql 4096 Feb 5 16:55 mysql > drwx------. 2 mysql mysql 4096 Feb 5 16:55 test > > > > and the 'mysql' is empty. > > I dont understand, I have never had this issue. I assume that the 'mysql' directory should contain something? > > So with this, I cannot do anything to get MySQL going! > > I tried a 'yum upgrade' to make sure everything was up to date. > > [root at www mysql]# cat /etc/*release* > CentOS release 6.2 (Final) > cat: /etc/lsb-release.d: Is a directory > CentOS release 6.2 (Final) > CentOS release 6.2 (Final) > cpe:/o:centos:linux:6:GA > > > > Any thoughts? > -Jason Try running mysql_install_db and then starting the server. -larry