mysql rc script failure - correction: most installed rc scripts not running manually

Da Rock rock_on_the_web at comcen.com.au
Wed Oct 1 08:02:41 UTC 2008


On Wed, 2008-10-01 at 15:40 +1000, Da Rock wrote:
> Has anyone else had trouble with starting mysql server with the rc
> script?
> 
> I've only just installed from ports (as a dependency, mind) and
> technically it should just start when you run the rc script - it sets up
> the db dirs and stuff so it can just run. But I can't get it to do the
> setup stuff automatically, and so the script fails. I've done the setup
> manually before so its no real biggy, but I imagine others would be more
> than a little frustrated.
> 
> Anyone else have this trouble? I just realised I had to do this last
> time too...
> 
> For reference: I'm starting the script manually for testing at this
> point (if that makes a difference- which I believe it shouldn't).

Manually running port installed rc scripts is not working manually. I'm
trying mysql, courier-imap, and I've tried isc-dhcp in the past. None of
these will work when run manually- even on different machines and bsd
versions (all 6.x).

Is it just me?



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