Hi, > > 111211 20:48:32 [ERROR] /usr/libexec/mysqld: Can't find file: > > './mysql/proxies_priv.frm' (errno: 13) > > 111211 20:48:32 [ERROR] Fatal error: Can't open and lock privilege > > tables: Can't find file: './mysql/proxies_priv.frm' (errno: 13) > > I think the nearby suggestions to run mysql_upgrade are probably right, > especially if you're trying to upgrade from some pre-5.5 version of > mysql. But it occurs to me that there's some chance of SELinux > interference; do you see any avc messages in /var/log/messages? > If so, restorecon on the /var/lib/mysql tree ought to fix that. Removed the entire mysql* rpms, installed fresh via yum, rm -rf /var/lib/mysql, enabled the service, did the mysql_install_db and all is good. Trying to start the server gives me this though... 111212 07:49:18 mysqld_safe Starting mysqld daemon with databases from /var/lib/mysql 111212 7:49:18 [Note] Plugin 'FEDERATED' is disabled. 111212 7:49:18 InnoDB: The InnoDB memory heap is disabled 111212 7:49:18 InnoDB: Mutexes and rw_locks use GCC atomic builtins 111212 7:49:18 InnoDB: Compressed tables use zlib 1.2.5 111212 7:49:18 InnoDB: Using Linux native AIO 111212 7:49:18 InnoDB: Initializing buffer pool, size = 128.0M 111212 7:49:18 InnoDB: Completed initialization of buffer pool 111212 7:49:18 InnoDB: highest supported file format is Barracuda. 111212 7:49:19 InnoDB: Waiting for the background threads to start 111212 7:49:20 InnoDB: 1.1.8 started; log sequence number 1589339 111212 7:49:20 [ERROR] /usr/libexec/mysqld: Can't find file: './mysql/proxies_priv.frm' (errno: 13) 111212 7:49:20 [ERROR] Fatal error: Can't open and lock privilege tables: Can't find file: './mysql/proxies_priv.frm' (errno: 13) Where should this proxies_priv.frm reside as it looks to be the same missing file as before? Thanks PFJ -- Vertraue mir, ich weiss, was ich mache... -- devel mailing list devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/devel