No mysqld.sock socket!

rleeuw · n00b Joined: 08 Sep 2004 Posts: 1

Hi,

I emerged mysql and this is the version: mysql-4.0.20-r1.

The next error appears on everything I do to get mysql working.

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

I checked the path and the mysqld.sock file does not exist.

Can anyone help me to fix this. Thanks in advance.

Best Regards,

René.

Kirigoe · Posted: Tue Sep 14, 2004 7:08 am Post subject:

the socket seems to be available only when mysql is running (which makes sense). so make sure mysql is started by running: