Posted by Jaceq on 12/31/05 14:12

> I followed the tutorial thru the first 10 web pages but
> shut it down on Christmas Eve. Today I tried to restart it
> but I get
>
> [root@lapdawg /]# mysql -u root -p
> Enter password:********
> ERROR 2002 (HY000):
> Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket
> '/var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock' (2)
>
> [root@lapdawg /]#
>
> (It would appear that something was lost when I shut it
> down.)

>
first type
service mysqld start

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