> Invoking MySql from the command line gives the dreaded "ERROR 2002:
> Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket '/tmp/
> mysql.sock' (2)".
>
> This suggests that MySql isn't actually running (confirmed by
> a quick trip to 'top' in the terminal) so I tried to start it
> up manually (all the chown stuff is because of the clean install):
>
> cd /usr/local/mysql
> sudo chown -R mysql data/
> sudo echo
> sudo ./bin/mysqld_safe &
>
> But this just gives:
> "MyMachine:/usr/local/mysql me$ Starting mysqld daemon with
> databases from /usr/local/mysql/data STOPPING server from pid
> file /usr/local/mysql/data/MyMachine.local.pid
> 050602 00:27:57 mysqld ended"
Yup yup, I've seen all those errors, too. Unfortunately, my geek powers
are too weak so I was never able to resolve the issue and reverted back
to a double-click-MacOS X-install-package (.dmg file) for MySQL
v.4.0.18. So far, it's running fine on Tiger 10.4.1.
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