MySQL is not running!!

[iceberg]

hi all, during installation i got this error

ERROR: MySQL is not running! Please start your MySQL database and run the ISPConfig setup again.

i am running MySQL server...

# service mysqld status
mysqld (pid 31869) is running...

and here...

# mysqladmin ping
mysqld is alive

So, any suggestions??
Thanks for reading

[falko]

Do you see MySQL when you run

netstat -tap

? MySQL has to run over TCP, not on local Unix sockets. To change that, edit /etc/my.cnf, comment out skip-networking and restart MySQL.

[iceberg]

i can't skip-networking in /etc/my.cnf. here is /etc/my.cnf

more /etc/my.cnf

[mysqld]
datadir=/var/lib/mysql
socket=/var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock

# Default to using old password format for compatibility with old and
# shorter password hash.
# Reference: http://dev.mysql.com/doc/mysql/en/Password_hashing.html
old_passwords=1

[mysql.server]
user=mysql
basedir=/var/lib

[mysqld_safe]
err-log=/var/log/mysqld/mysqld.log
pid-file=/var/run/mysqld/mysqld.pid

[falko]

Can you post the output of

netstat -tap

here?

i can't skip-networking in /etc/my.cnf. here is /etc/my.cnf

Depending on your distribution there might be further configuration files under /etc/sysconfig or /etc/default.

[iceberg]

Thanks, i figured it out

[Avatar]

Since I upgraded ISPConfig from 2.1.0 to 2.1.1 today, I get an error by eMail that mysql is not running, every half an hour. But mysql IS running:

# netstat -tap
tcp        0      0 server.domain:mysql  *:*                     LISTEN     2446/mysqld

I also don't have an "skip-networking" option in my my.cnf, but the new way of binding to localhost isn't active, too:

# Instead of skip-networking the default is now to listen only on
# localhost which is more compatible and is not less secure.
bind-address            = 123.456.789.10

The my.cnf seems to be touched during the installation, but I cannot see any changes. I already rebootet the server. No results, I still get the mail.

It's a debian 3.1 distribution.

What can I do?
--
Best regards...
Ace

[falko]

Originally Posted by Avatar

# Instead of skip-networking the default is now to listen only on
# localhost which is more compatible and is not less secure.
bind-address            = 123.456.789.10

MySQL is bound to listen only on 123.456.789.10 whereas ISPConfig tries to connect to MySQL on 127.0.0.1 to see if it's still running. Either change the IP address to 127.0.0.1 in /etc/mysql/my.cnf, or comment out the bind-address line. In both cases, restart MySQL afterwards.

Originally Posted by Avatar

The my.cnf seems to be touched during the installation, but I cannot see any changes. I already rebootet the server. No results, I still get the mail.

No, ISPConfig doesn't touch /etc/mysql/my.cnf. You can have a look at the ISPConfig sources.

[Avatar]

Hi!

Originally Posted by falko

MySQL is bound to listen only on 123.456.789.10 whereas ISPConfig tries to connect to MySQL on 127.0.0.1 to see if it's still running. Either change the IP address to 127.0.0.1 in /etc/mysql/my.cnf, or comment out the bind-address line. In both cases, restart MySQL afterwards.

Thanx! Worked.

No, ISPConfig doesn't touch /etc/mysql/my.cnf. You can have a look at the ISPConfig sources.

I believe you. But maybe then he just didn't complain before.
--
Best regards...
Ace

[bassplayer]

I use fresh install Redhat 9.0
during install it says MySQL not running,
my> netstat -tap
tcp 0 0 *:mysql *:* LISTEN 2997/

my /etc/mycnf
[mysqld]
datadir=/var/lib/mysql
socket=/var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock

[mysql.server]
user=mysql
basedir=/var/lib

[safe_mysqld]
err-log=/var/log/mysqld.log
pid-file=/var/run/mysqld/mysqld.pid

BTW, i dont see php-mysql on my instalation, i cannot find in redhat9 disc,
is it the problem.
thanks in advance.

[falko]

Is there a special reason why you're using such an old distribution? I suggest you try Fedora 8 or CentOS 5.1 instead.