Trouble starting MySQL

[Walker, Michael]

Colin J. Raven wrote:
> On Jan 12 at 09:35, Walker, Michael suggested:
> 
>> 
>> I installed MySQL from ports (mysql-4.1.7)
>> then tried to start it. Nothing doing - wo way.
>> 
>> Starting it from /usr/loca/etc/rc.d/mysql-server.sh nothing happens.
>> No error message is emitted, but no running instance of mysql either.
>> 
>> <snip>
>> 
>> Read /usr/loca/etc/rc.d/mysql-server.sh you now have to start mysqld
>> from your rc.conf file. 
>> 
> OK, I added the necessary stuff to /etc/rc.conf and attempted to start
> mysql via the mysql-server.sh script. Nothing doing.
> 
> I rebooted the box, checked to see if mysql was running. It wasn't.
> 
> I attempted once more to start it from the script - Nothing.
> 
> OK, I'm back to where I started.
> 
> Ideas?
> 
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Did you added mysql_enable="YES" to /etc/rc.conf?


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