Valexis <valexis@gmail.com> writes:

> i have a problem when i start mysql on osx leopard. i don't know
> what's happened and when i try to start the server with:
>
> sudo /usr/local/mysql/support-files/mysql.server start
>
> i get the message
>
> /usr/local/mysql/support-files/mysql.server: line 159: kill: (82494) -
> No such process
> ERROR!
>
> if i use
>
> sudo /usr/local/mysql/bin/safe_mysqld
>
> i get the message
>
> Starting mysqld daemon with databases from /usr/local/mysql/data
> STOPPING server from pid file /usr/local/mysql/data/Calsifer.local.pid
> 080419 13:34:40 mysqld ended
>
> mysql works fine unitl some days ago... i don't know if i do something
> wrong and what
>
> please help me if you can! =******(
>
> p.s. line 159 in mysql.server is in function wait_for_pid, can it be
> process can't start or something similar?
>

If you are sure the server is not running, you may want to
delete the pid file and then try a start, that may help. Also, there
should be in an error log in your data directory (*.err), that usually
has more information logged and may help.

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