MySQL Install help

[LeonarD26]

I've followed the direction which seem pretty simple but I get an error when I try to start MySQL for the first time. It seems the database starts then immediately stops. I have ran the mysql_install_db script.

Any ideas??

 

[Firus]

I say unless you want to learn by doing, go download XAMPP I have installed Apache/PHP/MySql many times and everytime there is a different error to deal with/fix. I leared a lot, but lately, I just don't want to deal with that stuff, so I found XAMPP and installed and everything works outta the box, its actually quite awesome if you just want to get down to development.

If you don't want XAMPP, look at your mysql error log and it will tell you why its not starting, then google that error and you should find the solution

 

[LeonarD26]

Thanks for the info Firus. I'll give XAMPP a try, but would like to get MySQL working too. Here's a little more info on the error I'm getting:

during the starting procedure the server shutdown, it reports:

[root@xxxxx root]# mysqld_safe --user=mysql
Starting mysqld daemon with databases from /var/lib/mysql
040525 09:32:25 mysqld ended

If I try to rebuild the grant tables using the mysql_install_db it
reports some errors: "asked for 196608 thread stack, but got 126976"
and "to start mysql at boot time you have to copy

Where are the mysql error logs usually stored??