Re: [gentoo-user] Trouble with mysql

[Eric Crossman <edge1035@earthlink.net>]

On Wed, 2005-08-31 at 15:52 -0500, Michael Sullivan wrote:
> I am having trouble with /etc/init.d/mysql.  I rebooted my system, and
> when it finished rebooting I tried to connect to the mysql daemon and
> failed.  I looked in /var/log/mysql:  There was a file there called
> mysql.err.  The contents were:
> 
> 050831 15:47:29  mysqld started
> 050831 15:47:30 Can't start server: Bind on TCP/IP port: Address already
> in use
> 050831 15:47:30 Do you already have another mysqld server running on
> port: 3306 ?
> 050831 15:47:30 Aborting
> 
> 050831 15:47:30 /usr/sbin/mysqld: Shutdown Complete
> 
> 050831 15:47:30  mysqld ended
> 
> 
> I tried netstat | grep '3306':
> 
> bullet mysql # netstat | grep '3306'
> bullet mysql #
> 
> The output was blank, so I assume that port 3306 is NOT in use.  Any
> ideas?
> 

Try netstat -an | grep 3306. The "-n" option forces netstat to show port
numbers and not translate them to familiar names. The "-p" option is
also useful to determine what program has opened the port.

Eric


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