mysql not working at all

[gingerj]

I have installed Mysql on one of my other laptops - the first time around was perfect, everything ran first time of asking. I have installed it on a second machine and after being told it has successfully installed - at the terminal screen I see this error message.

[ginge@ginge ~]$ mysql
ERROR 2002 (HY000): Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket '/var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock' (2)

After doing some research lots of people have come across this problem - but I cannot locate a definitive answer as to how this should be fixed.

Can anyone help?

[unutbu]

If I turn off mysqld with the command

sudo invoke-rc.d mysql stop

and then run


mysql

I get (almost?) the same error:


ERROR 2002 (HY000): Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket '/var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock' (2)


So it appears the mysqld server is not running. To start it, try typing


sudo invoke-rc.d mysql start
Is there any error output?

[gingerj]

hi - it worked many thanks :)