On Sat, 2005-22-01 at 10:23 -0700, Paul Rennix wrote: > I did a yum update last night and now I am having trouble starting mysql. > > > [root@bubba mysql]# cat /var/log/mysqld.log > > 050122 10:08:08 mysqld started > 050122 10:08:08 Can't start server : Bind on unix socket: Permission denied > 050122 10:08:08 Do you already have another mysqld server running on > socket: /var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock ? > 050122 10:08:08 Aborting > > 050122 10:08:08 /usr/libexec/mysqld: Shutdown Complete > > 050122 10:08:08 mysqld ended > > any ideas? Of course this makes many things break. This is a mysql or mysql package issue, not a yum issue. Yum didn't break your system, upgrading your mysql RPM broke your system. You should ask on the list pertaining to your distribution. Regards, -- Konstantin Ryabitsev <icon@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Duke University Physics
