[UPHPU] MySQL Mac OS10.4

[Jonathan Duncan]

On Mon, 7 Aug 2006, Webot Graphics wrote:

> Okay I  installed the preference pane and it said that MySQL Server was 
> stopped. So I pressed the button that said "start MySQL Server", and I 
> thought to myself "oh that was easy"... but it didn't work. It thought for a 
> minute and then just continued to say that it was stopped =(.  So I tried the 
> command line in terminal
>
> Webot-Graphics-Computer:~ Jan$ sudo /Library/StartupItems/MySQLCOM/MySQLCOM 
> start
> Password:
> Starting MySQL database server
> Webot-Graphics-Computer:~ Jan$
>
> Basically the same thing. Do I need to be running a Server OS?
>
>

No, you do not need to be running a server OS.

Try looking through your log files.  Obviously something is not correct so 
there should be some error messages somewhere.

This article probably will not answer your problem, but may give you some 
good troubleshooting steps:

http://bugs.mysql.com/bug.php?id=11380

Another good place to look for help is the Apple Forums:

http://discussions.apple.com/search.jspa?objID=c160&search=Go&q=mysql
http://discussions.apple.com/search.jspa?threadID=&q=mysql+not+starting

Jonathan