From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Mar 26 23:11:48 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AA3BA106564A for ; Sat, 26 Mar 2011 23:11:48 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd.user@seibercom.net) Received: from mail-gx0-f182.google.com (mail-gx0-f182.google.com [209.85.161.182]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5C1A68FC0A for ; Sat, 26 Mar 2011 23:11:48 +0000 (UTC) Received: by gxk28 with SMTP id 28so950931gxk.13 for ; Sat, 26 Mar 2011 16:11:47 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.146.228.36 with SMTP id a36mr2356512yah.32.1301181107428; Sat, 26 Mar 2011 16:11:47 -0700 (PDT) Received: from scorpio.seibercom.net (twdp-174-109-142-001.nc.res.rr.com [174.109.142.1]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id p67sm1195306yhm.100.2011.03.26.16.11.46 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Sat, 26 Mar 2011 16:11:47 -0700 (PDT) Received: from scorpio (zeus [192.168.1.1]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES128-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) (Authenticated sender: FreeBSD.user@scorpio.seibercom.net) by scorpio.seibercom.net (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 3159BE5480D for ; Sat, 26 Mar 2011 19:11:45 -0400 (EDT) Date: Sat, 26 Mar 2011 19:11:44 -0400 From: Jerry To: FreeBSD Message-ID: <20110326191144.570932c0@scorpio> In-Reply-To: <4D8E6F03.6060604@a1poweruser.com> References: <20110326174100.1617.qmail@joyce.lan> <4D8E3CA4.8040808@shopzeus.com> <4D8E5F5E.9080104@shopzeus.com> <4D8E6F03.6060604@a1poweruser.com> Organization: seibercom.net X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.7.8 (GTK+ 2.22.1; amd64-portbld-freebsd8.2) Face: iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAADAAAAAwBAMAAAClLOS0AAAAJFBMVEUeH4oAAI3//v8LDHmw s8gyNZ/b3ej7+vn+/v////+PjIc8Plaj/TnQAAACNElEQVQ4jaXUvW/aQBQAcFtKGZLFT+YY 3D1SR9SKoRMncE3IggU4kicGi1JYOgQwyYrgnLlSzhsoNkTuVJEp+ef6ztiAoV3aJ+QPfufn s987S/5fQvoXYPjztmfc514Ks+5JfGUCfrzt4+VabF+jwEV4DGEXN8N4p16sPLxHX07/V3qX yfF5D2H6K4V8j9NkyAphvkjBembD5PDFk3zeTzP1jcksyaV9w+d4ELmUoOp8N2p8uQVyhTAT uawnKNH2mie5lJp48mscUcbJUvg0mR6APwAoye9AMyWozY4gAh0vcxa5FJ4TKCuODESWtfkB 8AEQSupUXNIYH8FSC2w8X3eMBNbbVJpJ7MgECO5yJ9DUEWCYkzNAlsRsgwLQ1GkWqELbkDOh 1bUzoHagYkNh9MXlK/MQoA42gTxz2bhPM2DJedm8MZx6cNfJgEZJ5cmwPp5FZ/Ye8O2qTrFV dgOrHkZRBoheJiGrRquwAhnQ6GeTePPerWVmQelAQ5lwNqtvQd2lcooAV74/zR1BIRS19fy5 ru+B/8ReW9pYKMPjt609zDaitHHTGOO+Zu7gHvsKE7XbeE1QVuJXomIFuZgUJdXQdhpqEELc /e8RLjfi+cQ01yMdWot8UcCVxEWHEkcUrsDGuhaIEoM9kfgAR6jxHcmEV7tNURAl8KTHN9iF McKGFHGO62O62UMpbmlVuogQ7ndL8zXCiLeBy3xpfrqaXS/+AHDG4o8AvhuPeezD/3xL/hy/ Adjlg2odglF2AAAAAElFTkSuQmCC Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Subject: Re: MySQL 3 needed but how? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: FreeBSD List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 26 Mar 2011 23:11:48 -0000 On Sat, 26 Mar 2011 18:56:03 -0400 Fbsd8 articulated: > Laszlo Nagy wrote: > > > >> Sounds like you'll have to do some debugging. Try adding > >> --verbose to mysql_args in /etc/rc.conf, and see the other advice > >> in http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/4.1/en/starting-server.html > > > > gw# /usr/local/bin/mysqld_safe --verbose > > Starting mysqld daemon with databases from /var/db/mysql > > STOPPING server from pid file /var/db/mysql/gw.sznet.pid > > 110326 16:44:14 mysqld ended > > > > The data directory is correct. I don't understand why it is > > stopping immediatelly after startup. > > > > Trying the other way around (FreeBSD 6.4 on a virtual machine) > >> > >> It may be something really simple, like the mysql data directory > >> not being where the server expects it to be. > >> > > > > > No matter which version of mysql you install, > you have to run this command > mysql_install_db --user=mysql > on the command line to create mysql's > control databases first. I believe that all of that is done by the mysql-server start-up file. -- Jerry ✌ FreeBSD.user@seibercom.net Disclaimer: off-list followups get on-list replies or get ignored. Please do not ignore the Reply-To header. __________________________________________________________________