On Thursday 31 January 2008 05:43:07 pm Aldo Foot wrote: > On Jan 31, 2008 5:31 PM, Dave Stevens <geek@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > On Thursday 31 January 2008 05:15:58 pm Aldo Foot wrote: > > > On Jan 31, 2008 4:34 PM, Dave Stevens <geek@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > Hi, > > > > > > > > I have mysql installed in my F7 x86-64 system. When I try to use the > > > > System | Administration | Server Settings and highlight mysqld and > > > > click on start I get a delay and > > > > snip! > > try uninstalling the mysql-server again, but this time > remove /var/lib/mysql and /etc/my.cnf. Backup them > up first in case you have something in there you need to keep. > > then reinstall again.and do "service mysqld start" > > ~af yes, that worked. Thanks all. This was a new install not a production system so there was no data at risk. a learning opportunity. Dave -- There is no single government agency that views sustainability through a broad lens, taking into account the values of the people affected by government decisions. Any model of sustainability that is driven solely by an economic engine is deficient if it is incapable of taking into account social values. Mr. Justice David Vickers, BC Supreme Court in Tsilhqot'in Nation v. British Columbia,2007 -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list