[SOLVED] mysql-5.0.24-2 broken?

After upgrading to mysql-5.0.24-2 i've noticed that my site can't connect to mysql db and phpmyadmin says that php mysql.so module isn't loaded. I've checked configs and everything were ok, then i tried to "downgrade" mysql to mysql-5.0.24-1 and problem solved, just to be sure i upgraded mysql again and encountered same problem, so i'm running mysql-5.0.24-1 now. I think mysql-5.0.24-2 package is broken, anybody can confirm this?
EDIT: Seems mysql-5.0.24-2 doesn't have mysql executable
[root@host pkg]# mysql
-bash: /usr/bin/mysql: No such file or directory

Install mysql-clients and libmysqlclient. My guess is that you either didn't install it with a forced upgrade (-d option), or that pacman didn't like the files being on your system and decided to eat it for breakfast.

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[SOLVED] MySQL woes...

If i get this right, I need to run mysqld and then configure mysql with mysqladmin then it will work properly. However, when I try to run mysqld, i get the following error message:
050617 6:59:32 [Warning] Can't create test file /var/lib/mysql/localhost.lower-test
050617 6:59:32 InnoDB: Operating system error number 13 in a file operation.
InnoDB: The error means mysqld does not have the access rights to
InnoDB: the directory.
InnoDB: File name ./ibdata1
InnoDB: File operation call: 'open'.
InnoDB: Cannot continue operation.
Being the n00b that i am, I have no idea what this means, and upon searching for the answer, i find myself further and further into linux confusion. Thanks in advance
*EDIT* Sorry folks, solved the issue - for people with similiar problems, this is how i solved it:
as root, i set chmod -R 777 /var/lib/mysql, from there the user account that i am running on has access to the files that i need to run mysql.

Well thanks so much for the tip. /dev/disk/by-label works beautifully in grub and fstab.
I suppose since I have 2 SATA controllers, they were fighting it out for supremacy or something, because during the installation the drive I installed Arch on was recognized as sdb, but after rebooting, it changes.....weird....

[SOLVED] MySQL Server issues

I just installed a fresh ArchLinux, restored a backup from an Ubuntu natty, everything works except my MySQL server connections.
I cannot connect with odbc or jdbc, I'm using the latest versions available:
$ pacman -Q mysql unixodbc myodbc jre
mysql 5.5.12-1
unixodbc 2.3.0-1
myodbc 5.1.8-1
jre 6u25-1
$ mysql -u mencargo -p
Server version: 5.5.12 Source distribution
mysql> use etlcontroltf;
Database changed
mysql>
$ cat /etc/odbcinst.ini
[MySQL]
Description = ODBC Driver for MySQL
Driver = /usr/lib/libmyodbc5.so
$ cat .odbc.ini
[MySQL]
Description = MySQL ODBC
Driver = MySQL
Server = localhost
Database = etlcontroltf
Port = 3306
Socket = /var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock
$ isql MySQL -v
[01000][unixODBC][Driver Manager]Can't open lib '/usr/lib/libmyodbc5.so' : file not found
[ISQL]ERROR: Could not SQLConnect
$ lsd /usr/lib/libmyodbc5.so
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root 19 Mar 17 09:05 /usr/lib/libmyodbc5.so -> libmyodbc5-5.1.8.so
For JDBC I'm trying to use mysql-connector-java-5.1.16-bin.jar with DBvisualizer, getting:
Product: DbVisualizer Free 7.1.5
Build: #1590 (2011/02/24 17:23)
Java VM: Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM
Java Version: 1.6.0_25
Java Vendor: Sun Microsystems Inc.
OS Name: Linux
OS Arch: amd64
OS Version: 2.6.38-ARCH
An error occurred while establishing the connection:
Long Message:
Communications link failure
The last packet sent successfully to the server was 0 milliseconds ago. The driver has not received any packets from the server.
Details:
   Type: com.mysql.jdbc.exceptions.jdbc4.CommunicationsException
   Error Code: 0
   SQL State: 08S01
A curious thing about the odbc is that the Arch guide suggests a /usr/lib/libodbcmyS.so file that is not present in my system, or any libodbcmySX.so nor libmyodbcSX.so.
Anyway, jdbc doesn't have anything to do with odbc, and it's also not working, so maybe it's my server config?
$ cat /etc/mysql/my.cnf
[client]
port = 3306
socket = /var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock
[mysqld]
port = 3306
socket = /var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock
datadir = /var/lib/mysql
skip-external-locking
key_buffer_size = 64M
max_allowed_packet = 2M
table_open_cache = 64
sort_buffer_size = 1M
net_buffer_length = 512K
read_buffer_size = 2M
read_rnd_buffer_size = 1M
myisam_sort_buffer_size = 16M
bind-address = 127.0.0.1
server-id = 1
[mysqldump]
quick
max_allowed_packet = 64M
[mysql]
no-auto-rehash
[myisamchk]
key_buffer_size = 32M
sort_buffer_size = 32M
read_buffer = 16M
write_buffer = 16M
Or is this version of the server broken?
Last edited by mencargo (2011-06-03 05:49:11)

The my.cnf code posted is the whole config, I don't have skip-networking.
$ telnet localhost 3306
Trying 127.0.0.1...
Connected to localhost.
Escape character is '^]'.
Connection closed by foreign host.
$ netop
Active Internet connections (servers and established)
Proto Recv-Q Send-Q Local Address Foreign Address State PID/Program name
tcp 0 0 127.0.0.1:3306 0.0.0.0:* LISTEN 1483/mysqld
tcp 0 0 127.0.0.1:3306 127.0.0.1:43098 TIME_WAIT -
The port seems open but I'm getting disconnected immediately.
Any thoughts?
Last edited by mencargo (2011-05-09 02:04:58)

(solved)MySQL running out of connections...

Hi,
Not really a _problem_ as such, but I may have to look into this in the (near?) future, if my project goes live...
I have an Applet that shows data from a server (on my network) - if I turn off the applet (stop Firefox all the way) and re-connect and do that several times, the server has "too many connections" and (obviously) will refuse to serve any further.
Is there a way to effectively kill a connection?
There is (scetchy) what I do at "unload"
try
cn.close();
cn = null;
catch(exception e)
// no need to handle this?
Fair enuff, the Applet does release the connection, but something still "lingers" on in the server...how do I clean that up as well?
Any thoughts are welcome...no pressure here...
Coolness to all
Thor
Edit - not really solved, but more "timed out"...
Last edited by Thor@Flanders (2010-12-10 12:43:21)

Hi Skunktrader,
Nope, the exception still happens. I'll set up the server to do a garbage collect. And redirect the closing page/applet to a close page where I'd run a PHP script to close mysql down...by means of cleaning up...
The thing is, if/when I wait a while, the exception does not manifest itself and the applet does start up. As if the server needs time to clean up...something I want to force it doing...right away.
More to follow
Thor
Edit1 : still no luck - of course, the server is a recycled PC (256Mb ram) and CentOS 5.2, still more than 20Gb disk left. But... I am the only one on this thing...
Any (I really mean ANY) thoughts (no matter how funny or off-topic, I could use SOME feedback here) are more than welcome...
Edit2 : is it normal that my local JVM just ... stops? I've set the thing to display the console, just to see anything locally getting lost in the fog, but the panel stops, after a "ps -A" there is no more JVM inthe shop...
I have to restart the applet several times to get it working, of course, every attempt leaves its marks on the server in still-open connections...
I still invite ANYONE for thoughts, inputs, off-topics, ...
Last edited by Thor@Flanders (2010-12-05 17:59:40)

[SOLVED]Gnome 3.10 Icons are broken

I upgraded earlier to Gnome 3.10. Although I've had a lot of problems.. I'm working on them one at a time.
Most of the default icons are not showing anymore. My Nautilus looks like this:
Some of the applications icons do still exist.
If I create a new user and log in, the icons are all fine. But I cannot figure out how to bring back icons on my own user account.
I tried running the command on http://askubuntu.com/questions/56313/ho … e-defaults, which set my favourites and wallpaper back to default. Icons still aren't fixed.
I tried running gtk-update-icon-cache on my icons folder. Tried running xdg-user-dirs-update. Tried sudo pacman -S $(pacman -Ssq gnome-icon-theme). Tried running /usr/bin/gdk-pixbuf-query-loaders --update-cache and tried reinstalling librsvg. None of these have helped.
Thanks.
Last edited by themusicalduck (2013-10-08 01:07:05)

Not solved for me I'm afraid. I'm running Openbox + Tint2 setup, with quite a few Gnome applications. I use the Oxygen icon theme.
Since the upgrade to the Gnome 3.10 packages, my GTK3 applications have missing icons which only reappear if I choose the GNOME icon theme using lxappearance, which modifies ~/.config/gtk-3.0/settings.ini. Here's my normal settings.ini:
[Settings]
gtk-theme-name=Clearlooks-Phenix
gtk-icon-theme-name=oxygen
gtk-font-name=Arimo 9
gtk-cursor-theme-name=aero-drop
gtk-cursor-theme-size=0
gtk-toolbar-style=GTK_TOOLBAR_BOTH_HORIZ
gtk-toolbar-icon-size=GTK_ICON_SIZE_MENU
gtk-button-images=1
gtk-menu-images=1
gtk-enable-event-sounds=1
gtk-enable-input-feedback-sounds=1
gtk-xft-antialias=1
gtk-xft-hinting=1
gtk-xft-hintstyle=hintfull
gtk-xft-rgba=rgb
When 'gtk-icon-theme-name=gnome' is used instead, the icons display in GTK3 applications.
Any ideas please how I can get the Oxygen theme to play nicely with Gnome 3.10 applications?

[SOLVED] MySQL won't start

Hi,
I'm trying to configure MySQL: ArchWiki
mysqld won't start. My /var/lib/mysql/stovepipebox.err:
120310 16:24:31 mysqld_safe Starting mysqld daemon with databases from /var/lib/mysql
/usr/bin/mysqld: Table 'mysql.plugin' doesn't exist
120310 16:24:31 [ERROR] Can't open the mysql.plugin table. Please run mysql_upgrade to create it.
120310 16:24:31 InnoDB: The InnoDB memory heap is disabled
120310 16:24:31 InnoDB: Mutexes and rw_locks use GCC atomic builtins
120310 16:24:31 InnoDB: Compressed tables use zlib 1.2.6
120310 16:24:32 InnoDB: Initializing buffer pool, size = 128.0M
120310 16:24:32 InnoDB: Completed initialization of buffer pool
120310 16:24:32 InnoDB: highest supported file format is Barracuda.
InnoDB: The log sequence number in ibdata files does not match
InnoDB: the log sequence number in the ib_logfiles!
120310 16:24:32 InnoDB: Database was not shut down normally!
InnoDB: Starting crash recovery.
InnoDB: Reading tablespace information from the .ibd files...
InnoDB: Restoring possible half-written data pages from the doublewrite
InnoDB: buffer...
120310 16:24:32 InnoDB: Waiting for the background threads to start
120310 16:24:33 InnoDB: 1.1.8 started; log sequence number 1595675
120310 16:24:33 [Note] Recovering after a crash using mysql-bin
120310 16:24:33 [Note] Starting crash recovery...
120310 16:24:33 [Note] Crash recovery finished.
120310 16:24:33 [ERROR] Fatal error: Can't open and lock privilege tables: Table 'mysql.host' doesn't exist
120310 16:24:33 mysqld_safe mysqld from pid file /var/lib/mysql/stovepipebox.pid ended
Any ideas?
Last edited by Llama (2012-03-11 15:35:41)

Thanks! Unfortunately, I'm quite new to MySQL...
# mysql_install_db --user=mysql --=/var/lib/mysql/
FATAL ERROR: Could not find ./bin/my_print_defaults Why the leading period?
If you compiled from source, you need to run 'make install' to
copy the software into the correct location ready for operation.
If you are using a binary release, you must either be at the top
level of the extracted archive, or pass the --basedir option
pointing to that location.
BTW, it exists:
$ locate my_print_defaults
/usr/bin/my_print_defaults
Last edited by Llama (2012-03-10 14:08:19)

Solved libjpeg (7-1) in repo broken?

Tried playing Warsow and had a missing lib so went to make a link to the 7 package. Looking at lib the so.7 is missing and is showing under files that get installed but is missing from the lib dir. Is this a broken package?
Last edited by TomWitko (2009-08-24 19:41:11)

K im missing something here im looking in /lib/ so need to make a -s link from libjpeg.so.6? to libjpg.so.7 but no such file in /lib/ never mind figured it out lol. Im such a newb , used to Ubuntu to much
Last edited by TomWitko (2009-08-24 19:31:33)

[SOLVED] mySQL third party database?

I think it is surprising that mySQL is threated as a third-party database or has Oracle sold it?
"You can also connect to schemas for selected third-party (non-Oracle) databases, such as MySQL, Microsoft SQL Server, Sybase Adaptive Server, Microsoft Access, and IBM DB2, and view metadata and data."
I have searched most of the documentation and the forum and now I think that I have to install some kind of driver (jdbc perhaps) and then I get a new tab in the connection view where I now only have the oracle tab.
I tried to use the oracle connection tab and use a jdbc connection string: jdbc:mysql://localhost:3306/cdr?useUnicode=true&characterEncoding=utf-8 both with and without the unicode string but it did not work.
Found it -> Help -> Developer Center -> JDBE my SQL driver (from my mind, just restarting it)
Edited by: 992601 on 2013-mar-07 23:26

Oracle SQL Developer is the IDE for Oracle Database. We also have an extension for TimesTen. But primarily any database support for databases other than Oracle is provided to assist with migrating you from those databases to Oracle.
The MySQL team has it's own IDE, it's called the MySQL Workbench.
http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/workbench/5.2.html
You'll notice it does not support Oracle Database.

[solved] MySQL Connector C++ 1.0.5

Hello everyone,
I'm trying to connect to a MySQL db via C++. MySQL has the connector and API available for this. In the process of building this I've run into some troubles/questions.
First off is that MySQL states that MySQL Workbench uses this connector:
MySQL wrote:Note that MySQL Workbench is successfully using MySQL Connector/C++.
source (at the bottom of the page) but I can't seem to find any files which are created by the connector itself.
Second is that when I create a package file it contains files that - I think - shouldn't be included (or at least not in those directories).
PKGBUILD used:
pkgname=mysql-connector-c++
pkgver=1.0.5
pkgrel=1
pkgdesc="MySQL Connector/C++ is a MySQL database connector for C++"
arch=(i686)
url="http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.1/en/connector-cpp.html"
license=('gpl')
depends=('mysql-clients')
makedepends=('cmake>=2.4' 'glibc>=2.2.3')
source=(http://download.softagency.net/MySQL/Downloads/Connector-C++/$pkgname-$pkgver.tar.gz)
md5sums=('f0ad6655f3ea7db8df3215fa928cba03') #generate with 'makepkg -g'
build() {
cd "$srcdir/$pkgname-$pkgver"
# remove file that is included in release but should be generated by cmake
rm cppconn/config.h
# remove some possible old cmake cache
rm CMakeCache.txt
# patch for use with gcc-4.4
patch -p0 < ${startdir}/mysql-connector-cpp-1.0.5-gcc44.patch
cmake -G "Unix Makefiles" .
make clean
make || return 1
make DESTDIR="$pkgdir/" install
# vim:set ts=2 sw=2 et:
output of pacman -Qlp mysql-connector-c++-1.0.5-1-i686.pkg.tar.gz
mysql-connector-c++ /usr/
mysql-connector-c++ /usr/local/
mysql-connector-c++ /usr/local/ANNOUNCEMENT
mysql-connector-c++ /usr/local/COPYING
mysql-connector-c++ /usr/local/README
mysql-connector-c++ /usr/local/include/
mysql-connector-c++ /usr/local/include/cppconn/
mysql-connector-c++ /usr/local/include/cppconn/build_config.h
mysql-connector-c++ /usr/local/include/cppconn/config.h
mysql-connector-c++ /usr/local/include/cppconn/connection.h
mysql-connector-c++ /usr/local/include/cppconn/datatype.h
mysql-connector-c++ /usr/local/include/cppconn/driver.h
mysql-connector-c++ /usr/local/include/cppconn/exception.h
mysql-connector-c++ /usr/local/include/cppconn/metadata.h
mysql-connector-c++ /usr/local/include/cppconn/parameter_metadata.h
mysql-connector-c++ /usr/local/include/cppconn/prepared_statement.h
mysql-connector-c++ /usr/local/include/cppconn/resultset.h
mysql-connector-c++ /usr/local/include/cppconn/resultset_metadata.h
mysql-connector-c++ /usr/local/include/cppconn/statement.h
mysql-connector-c++ /usr/local/include/cppconn/warning.h
mysql-connector-c++ /usr/local/include/mysql_connection.h
mysql-connector-c++ /usr/local/include/mysql_driver.h
mysql-connector-c++ /usr/local/lib/
mysql-connector-c++ /usr/local/lib/libmysqlcppconn-static.a
mysql-connector-c++ /usr/local/lib/libmysqlcppconn.so
mysql-connector-c++ /usr/local/lib/libmysqlcppconn.so.1
mysql-connector-c++ /usr/local/lib/libmysqlcppconn.so.1.0.5
The files bothering me are:
/usr/local/ANNOUNCEMENT
/usr/local/COPYING
/usr/local/README
Anyone who can enlighten me?:rolleyes:
Thanks in advance,
Arjan Gelderblom
Last edited by Bloged (2009-11-17 09:27:49)

Bloged wrote:
Thanks wonder for your reply.
How do I move files using PKGBUILD? I've found an install -D command but that looks at best at copying the file:
install -D COPYING $pkgdir/usr/share/licenses/$pkgname/COPYING
Another question is that the patch that is executed is only for gcc-4.4 is there a way to have an if statement for that?
no. we don't have any other version in our repo and that patch will work also with older gcc
Edit: a simple solution is to copy them using install -D and then remove them... is this the correct sollution?
yes. and remove the others two files as well.

[SOLVED] mysql upgrade stops mythtv working

Just upgraded mysql and got the following message from pacman:
[2009-11-18 10:19] >> MySQL configuration file now is into /etc/mysql/ directory.
[2009-11-18 10:19] >> Remember to replace it with your old configuration file.
[2009-11-18 10:19] upgraded mysql (5.1.39-1 -> 5.1.40-1)
but where is my old configuration file? From Googleing I think the default is /etc/my.cnf but that file is not there. I don't remember editing a config file for mysql.
I tried running with the new default file at /etc/mysql/my.cnf but I keep getting access denied messages when running mythtv and it cannot connect to the database. I logged into mysql as root and made sure of the mythtv user password, made sure they had full privileges on the mythconverg database but still no change.
Any ideas what to try?
For now I have downgraded back to 5.1.39-1 and all's working ok.
Last edited by fastfret79 (2009-11-18 16:37:25)

Well that explains why I couldn't find it! Looking now after downgrading it is at /etc/my.cnf, but the /etc/mysql/my.cnf has now been removed so I can't compare them at the moment.
Mythtv is the only reason I have mysql, but I don't think that mythtv has anything to do with it and I don't think rebuilding it will help. i.e. when running the following
mysql -u mythtv -p mythconverg
this works with 5.1.39-1 but with 5.1.40-1 it throws up the permission denied message.
I'm gonna digg around again later (when mythtv isn't recording anything!) to get to the bottom of this.

[SOLVED] MySQL working w/all but myth (can't connect to DB)

Just did ye ol' upgrade and
> sudo tail -f /var/lib/mysql/mythbox.err
091121 18:29:38 [Note] /usr/sbin/mysqld: Shutdown complete
091121 18:29:38 mysqld_safe mysqld from pid file /var/lib/mysql/mythbox.pid ended
091121 18:30:51 mysqld_safe Starting mysqld daemon with databases from /var/lib/mysql
091121 18:30:53 [Note] Plugin 'FEDERATED' is disabled.
091121 18:30:53 [Note] Plugin 'ndbcluster' is disabled.
091121 18:30:54 InnoDB: Started; log sequence number 0 193508
091121 18:30:55 [Note] Event Scheduler: Loaded 0 events
091121 18:30:55 [Note] /usr/sbin/mysqld: ready for connections.
Version: '5.1.41' socket: '/var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock' port: 3306 Source distribution
No errors from mysql after some db checking and upgrading (and was all OKs from that). Mythfrontend output:
2009-11-21 18:39:52.271 Testing network connectivity to '192.168.1.100'
2009-11-21 18:39:52.278 Closing DB connection named 'DBManager0'
2009-11-21 18:39:52.279 Unable to connect to database!
2009-11-21 18:39:52.279 Driver error was [1/2003]:
QMYSQL: Unable to connect
Database error was:
Can't connect to MySQL server on '192.168.1.100' (111)
2009-11-21 18:39:52.279 Cannot login to database?
I keep getting this, and mythbackend.log shows nothing helpful, just proper log entries/no errors or anything. My /etc/mysql/my.cnf is here if of any use: http://pastebin.ca/1681585
I do have some other web apps using mysql that are functioning properly, so I'm pretty sure it's not mysql (?).
Thanks for any help
Last edited by colbert (2009-11-22 03:21:49)

Got it! Just edit your /etc/mysql/my.cnf and find the line
skip-networking
Comment the line out and it connects just fine from a remote FE

[SOLVED] MYSQL error about socketfiles!

Hello, I installed mysql with pacman but cannot figure out how to run it!
Running mysql_secure_installation give me this error:
ERROR 2002 (HY000): Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket '/var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock' (2)
/etc/rc.d/mysqld start just say FAIL
/var/lib/mysql and all files there are owned by mysql, mysql
Can anyone please help me!
Last edited by CheatCat (2010-06-24 19:29:33)

looks like mysql isnt running, check /etc/mysql/my..cnf to check if any settings needs to be altered. also, it might be that the file <hostname>.pid exists in /var/lib/mysql , if there is then you should remve it and then try starting mysql.

[SOLVED] recent update seems to have broken my keyboard

hi guys.
i've just turned on my arch 64 system after updating last night (or possibly the day before...) and when i get to the gdm login the keyboard doesnt work. I can confirm the problem is not with the keyboard itself as i can still edit the boot options in grub. anyone else have this or have i broken something...
thanks in advance,
david
(edit: on screen keyboard doesnt seem to be working either)
Last edited by dinkydarko (2010-04-08 08:12:11)

dinkydarko wrote:hald wouldnt make a difference to the one screen keyboard in gdm would it? is there an easy way to check if its running?
I could be wrong, but my understanding is hal would be needed as soon as X starts - so yes it could affect login with gdm. That would also fit with it not working in slim or starting xterm.
If you're pretty sure it's related to the updates it might be helpful to post the parts of pacman.log that are relevant so we can see what exactly got updated.

[SOLVED] mysql-5.5.8-3 won't start

hello,
after upgrading mysql today, it wont start anymore...
root@karoshiPC ~ > /etc/rc.d/mysqld start
:: Starting MySQL Server [FAIL]
root@karoshiPC ~ > mysqld_safe --datadir=/var/lib/mysql/
101222 19:49:42 mysqld_safe Logging to '/var/lib/mysql//karoshiPC.err'.
101222 19:49:42 mysqld_safe Starting mysqld daemon with databases from /var/lib/mysql/
101222 19:49:43 mysqld_safe mysqld from pid file /var/lib/mysql//karoshiPC.pid ended
My /var/lib/mysql:
root@karoshiPC mysql > ls -al
total 28700
drwxr-xr-x 4 mysql mysql 4096 Dec 22 19:49 .
drwxr-xr-x 27 root root 4096 Dec 22 19:23 ..
-rw-rw---- 1 mysql mysql 18874368 Dec 22 19:49 ibdata1
-rw-rw---- 1 mysql mysql 5242880 Dec 22 19:49 ib_logfile0
-rw-rw---- 1 mysql mysql 5242880 Dec 22 19:46 ib_logfile1
-rw-rw---- 1 mysql mysql 9175 Dec 22 19:49 karoshiPC.err
drwxr-xr-x 2 mysql mysql 4096 Dec 22 15:27 mysql
-rw-rw---- 1 mysql mysql 0 Dec 22 19:46 mysql-bin.index
drwxr-xr-x 2 mysql mysql 4096 Dec 22 15:27 test
The two slashes in
101222 19:49:43 mysqld_safe mysqld from pid file /var/lib/mysql//karoshiPC.pid ended
look weird, but thats just a guess.
EDIT:
Also Akonadi from [kde-unstable], using internal MYSQL Server, won't start anymore...
Last edited by karoshi (2010-12-22 19:19:26)

this is fixed in mysql 5.5.8-4.
Amarok does not start neither but this is an upstream bug: https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=252424

[SOLVED] Mysql doesn't start, Can't change dir to '/var/lib/mysql/'

My mysql install was working fine but now it doesn't start
$ mysqld --verbose
121202 22:41:34 [Warning] Can't create test file /var/lib/mysql/home.lower-test
121202 22:41:34 [Warning] Can't create test file /var/lib/mysql/home.lower-test
mysqld: Can't change dir to '/var/lib/mysql/' (Errcode: 13)
121202 22:41:34 [ERROR] Aborting
121202 22:41:34 [Note] mysqld: Shutdown complete
I checked using mysql_safe & it seems to be a permission issue
$ mysqld_safe --user=mysql
121202 22:45:34 mysqld_safe Logging to '/var/lib/mysql/home.err'.
121202 22:45:35 mysqld_safe Starting mysqld daemon with databases from /var/lib/mysql
/usr/bin/mysqld_safe: line 107: /var/lib/mysql/home.err: Permission denied
rm: cannot remove ‘/var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock’: Permission denied
rm: cannot remove ‘/var/lib/mysql/home.pid’: Permission denied
/usr/bin/mysqld_safe: line 144: /var/lib/mysql/home.err: Permission denied
121202 22:45:35 mysqld_safe mysqld from pid file /var/lib/mysql/home.pid ended
/usr/bin/mysqld_safe: line 107: /var/lib/mysql/home.err: Permission denied
But the thing is /var/lib/mysql is already owned by mysql,
$ ls -la /var/lib/ | grep mysql
drwxrw-r-- 19 mysql root 4.0K Dec 2 22:29 mysql
$ ls -la /var/ | grep lib
drwxr-xr-x 29 root root 4.0K Nov 28 19:59 lib
$ ls -la / | grep var
drwxr-xr-x 13 root root 4.0K Nov 28 19:58 var
so anyone tell me what permissions I have gotten wrong & how can I get mysql to work again?
Last edited by cool (2012-12-02 18:26:18)

1. You have to start mysqld as root using either sudo or from your root account
2. The safest way to start mysql is using the unit file (systemd) or service file (rc.d) -- e.g. 'sudo systemctl mysqld start'
3. My /var/lib/mysql directory has the following permissions 700 and owner/group is mysql/mysql. With those permissions, you're not going to be able to view the contents of the directory unless you are root or that user.
Scott

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