So, with F26, all was happy. Now, not so much. # systemctl start mariadb Job for mariadb.service failed because the control process exited with error code. See "systemctl status mariadb.service" and "journalctl -xe" for details. [root@sds-desk lib]# systemctl status mariadb.service ● mariadb.service - MariaDB 10.2 database server Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/mariadb.service; enabled; vendor preset: disabled) Active: failed (Result: exit-code) since Tue 2017-11-14 16:13:38 CST; 2s ago Process: 10961 ExecStart=/usr/libexec/mysqld --basedir=/usr $MYSQLD_OPTS $_WSREP_NEW_CLUSTER (code=exited, status=1/FAILURE) Process: 10924 ExecStartPre=/usr/libexec/mysql-prepare-db-dir mariadb.service (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS) Process: 10899 ExecStartPre=/usr/libexec/mysql-check-socket (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS) Main PID: 10961 (code=exited, status=1/FAILURE) Status: "Starting final batch to recover 7 pages from redo log" Nov 14 16:13:37 sds-desk.local mysql-check-socket[10899]: Socket file /var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock exists. Nov 14 16:13:37 sds-desk.local mysql-check-socket[10899]: No process is using /var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock, which means it is a garbage, so it will be removed automatically. Nov 14 16:13:37 sds-desk.local mysql-prepare-db-dir[10924]: Database MariaDB is probably initialized in /var/lib/mysql already, nothing is done. Nov 14 16:13:37 sds-desk.local mysql-prepare-db-dir[10924]: If this is not the case, make sure the /var/lib/mysql is empty before running mysql-prepare-db-dir. Nov 14 16:13:37 sds-desk.local mysqld[10961]: 2017-11-14 16:13:37 140577406647552 [Note] /usr/libexec/mysqld (mysqld 10.2.9-MariaDB) starting as process 10961 ... Nov 14 16:13:37 sds-desk.local mysqld[10961]: 2017-11-14 16:13:37 140577406647552 [Warning] Changed limits: max_open_files: 1024 max_connections: 151 table_cache: 431 Nov 14 16:13:38 sds-desk.local systemd[1]: mariadb.service: Main process exited, code=exited, status=1/FAILURE Nov 14 16:13:38 sds-desk.local systemd[1]: Failed to start MariaDB 10.2 database server. Nov 14 16:13:38 sds-desk.local systemd[1]: mariadb.service: Unit entered failed state. Nov 14 16:13:38 sds-desk.local systemd[1]: mariadb.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'. -- -- Steve _______________________________________________ users mailing list -- users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to users-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx