its better you stop the service running on port 3306. then u try to start the mysql in safe mode and check!!! try safe-mysqld i think.. On Fri, 03 Dec 2004 12:51:58 -0800, Eric Wagar <eric@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > On Fri, 3 Dec 2004 11:43:20 -0800, "Brian D. McGrew" > > > <brian@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> said: > > 041203 11:02:18 mysqld started > > 041203 11:02:18 [Warning] Asked for 196608 thread stack, but got 126976 > > 041203 11:02:18 [ERROR] Can't start server : Bind on unix socket: > > Permission denied > > 041203 11:02:18 [ERROR] Do you already have another mysqld server > > running on socket: /var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock ? > > 041203 11:02:18 [ERROR] Aborting > > > > 041203 11:02:18 [Note] /usr/sbin/mysqld: Shutdown complete > > > > 041203 11:02:18 mysqld ended > > > > This is on a RH9 system. Any ideas what I'm missing here? > > By default, MySQL runs on port 3306. Do you happen to have anything > else running on that port? Possibly another MySQL process? :) > > I also believe that MySQL's default socket file is > srwxrwxrwx 1 mysql mysql 0 Dec 1 17:17 > /var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock > which is specified in your /etc/my.cnf file. > > -- > Eric Wagar > eric@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > > > -- > redhat-list mailing list > unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list > -- bala> balachandar muruganantham bala> lynx http://chandar.blogspot.com -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list