Re: [gentoo-user] Weird mysql problem.

[Neil Hodges]

Hello,

This problem is well-known, and present in the bugzilla.  The problem
lies in MySQL 5.0.26-r1, and many threads in the forums have been spawned.

- Neil

On 14:14 Tue 24 Oct     , A. R. wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I am running Gentoo ~amd64 and I recently upgraded MySQL from
> 5.0.26 to 5.0.26-r1 and things are not working anymore (for example mythtv).
>
> After spending a great deal of time looking at logs, changing
> configuration files (namely, my.cnf), installing and de-installing
> MySQL, I  still cannot get any programs to connect to mysql, including
> "mysql_secure_installation" which outputs the following error message:
>
> ERROR 2002 (HY000): Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket
> ''/var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock'' (2)
>
> But, here is the thing, the socket and pid file values in
> /etc/mysql/my.cnf are set to the following:
>
> [client]
> socket = /tmp/mysqld.sock
> .
> .
> [mysqld]
> socket = /tmp/mysqld.sock
> pid-file = /tmp/mysqld.pid
>
>
>
> And, after re-starting the MySQL process (/etc/init.d/mysql restart) I
> list the processes and find that the mysqld daemon has indeed been
> passed the correct configuration values.
>
> mysql    24056     1  0 11:20 ?        00:00:00 /usr/sbin/mysqld
> --defaults-file=/etc/mysql/my.cnf --basedir=/usr
> --datadir=/storage/mysql-db --pid-file=/tmp/mysqld.pid
> --socket=/tmp/mysqld.sock
>
>
> Could someone please help?
> I know I am running ~arch and that this is perhaps "part of the game"
> in doing that, but maybe it can be easily fixed...
>
> Thank you,
>
> - AR
>
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