[geeklog-users] install cannot connect to socket

[Tony Bibbs]

Please read the MySQL FAQ and manual.  Long story short is your MySQL is 
looking for the .sock file in the wrong place.  You can either reconfigure 
it OR create a symlink.

--Tony

 On Mon, 3 Feb 2003, Dave Price wrote:

> I upgraded my mysql, and it is definitely running.
> 
> 
> Server version          3.23.55
> Protocol version        10
> Connection              Localhost via UNIX socket
> UNIX socket             /tmp/mysql.sock
> Uptime:                 21 min 2 sec
> 
> Threads: 1  Questions: 19  Slow queries: 0  Opens: 7  Flush tables: 1
> Open tables: 1 Queries per second avg: 0.015
> dbx:/usr/local/mysql#
> 
> But install.php fails with:
> 
> Warning: MySQL Connection Failed: Can't connect to local MySQL server
> through socket '/var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock' (111) in
> /var/www/geeklog/system/databases/mysql.class.php on line 104
> Cannnot connect to DB server
> 
> /var/run/ has no entries for myssql ... 
> 
> any suggestions (I am new to mysql)
> 
> aloha,
> dave
> 
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