[6.3] MySQL server doesn't start

[Manolis Kiagias]

Gilles wrote:
> Hello
>
> I successfully updated the Ports collection to compile MySQL 5.1.22,
> but even after updating /etc/rc.conf, the server doesn't start but
> doesn't say why:
>
> ======
> # pkg_version -v | grep -i mysql
> mysql-client-5.1.22                 <   needs updating (port has
> 5.1.30)
> mysql-server-5.1.22                 <   needs updating (port has
> 5.1.30)
> ======
> # cat /etc/rc.conf 
> #BAD? mysql-server="YES"
> mysql_server="YES"
> ======
> [root at freebsd ~/www]# ps aux | grep -i mysql
> root  52112  0,0  0,1   468   336  p4  R+   18:15     0:00,00 grep -i
> mysql
> ======
> # /usr/local/etc/rc.d/mysql-server start
> [root at freebsd ~/www]# /usr/local/etc/rc.d/mysql-server status
> # 
> ======
>
> There no information in /var/log/messages either.
>
> Any idea what I could try to investigate is going on?
>
> Thank you for any tip.
>
>   
The /etc/rc.conf variable should be:

mysql_enable="YES"

It will start then ;)