Installation Fails because of mysql

[Stucco]

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yum install psa
...........
 Trying to start MySQL server... done
 Trying to establish test connection...
ERROR while trying to establish test connection
Check the error reason(see log file: /tmp/psa_7.5.4_FedoraCore_3_build75050824.12_installing.log), fix and try again

Aborting...

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yum list mysql mysql-server
mysql.i386                               4.1.14-1.rhfc3.art     installed
mysql-server.i386                        4.1.14-1.rhfc3.art     installed

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/etc/rc.d/init.d/mysqld start
Starting MySQL:                                            [  OK  ]
/etc/rc.d/init.d/mysqld stop
Stopping MySQL:                                            [FAILED]

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 mysql
ERROR 2002 (HY000): Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket '/var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock' (111)

I have installed and removed mysql and mysql-server many times, all with yum. I have rebooted.

[scott]

Sometimes mysql doesnt restart correctly, so you might have to run it more than once

[Stucco]

Huh? I've

started and stopped the service 20+ times

rebooted the machine 3+ times before and after install

removed and reinstalled mysql and mysql-server 5+ times through yum using art repositories

I never get anything except that error.
The only thing I can think of is I installed the native firewall when I installed fedora core 3. I'm going to work on that front for a while.

[Stucco]

I haven't found any way to disable the firewall, however I found a few more commands yielding more info.

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[root@server mysql]# tail /var/log/mysqld.log

051026 10:30:52  mysqld started
051026 10:30:52  mysqld ended

051026 12:01:56  mysqld started
051026 12:01:56  mysqld ended

051026 12:05:20  mysqld started
051026 12:05:20  mysqld ended

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[root@server mysql]# /etc/rc.d/init.d/mysqld status
mysqld dead but subsys locked

I have tried everything here too with no results. It looks like I have this same problem http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/ ... /4788.html

[Stucco]

After these few pages, this is what I have done to fix it...

Purge everything and start over.

if you have any
ps -e | grep mysqld
then use
killall mysqld
and check the above again until all are dead.

Remove mysql
yum remove mysql mysql-server

Remove lock file if it exists
rm /var/lock/subsys/mysql

Remove data dir (backup if needed)
rm -Rf /var/lib/mysql/*

Set SELinux enforcement to 0
/usr/sbin/setenforce 0

Install mysql and mysql-server
yum install mysql mysql-server

Test with
mysql

Set SELinux enforcement to 1
/usr/sbin/setenforce 1

It comes down to having SELinux Enforcement off when starting mysql. I'm not sure how to turn it off for mysqld permenantly without a gui. There is a way to do it with a gui here (http://forums.mysql.com/read.php?11,716 ... #msg-11556)

Helpful Pages
http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions ... ost1726218
http://forums.mysql.com/read.php?11,7164,7164#msg-7164
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/sh ... ?id=141062

I suspect that if I reboot mysql will fail again because SELinux will be enabled when it is started. I would really like a way to disable it for just mysqld from the command line. I am remoted to the server and have no gui available.

[Stucco]

I'm done. After all that, there is more.
I don't know how to make it work without disabling SELinux.

Disable it by changing SELINUX=disabled in /etc/sysconfig/selinux.
Set MySQL to start on boot with

/sbin/chkconfig --list mysqld
/sbin/chkconfig --level 345 mysqld on

Restart.

Then test with mysql.

[scott]

You can disable selinux at boot time from grub, add in selinux=0 to /etc/grub.conf

example:

kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.13-1.1532_FC4smp ro root=LABEL=/ selinux=0