mysql -- Anybody want to guess at this one?

[Roderick Ford]

David A. Sinck wrote:
> 
> \_ SMTP quoth Roderick Ford on 3/29/2002 13:03 as having spake thusly:
> \_
> \_ any mysql commands to connect or get status (i.e. mysqladmin version) 
> \_ produce the following two lines:
> \_ 
> \_ ERROR 2002: Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket 
> \_ '/var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock' (2)
> \_ 
> \_ 
> \_ chkconfig shows mysqld is on
> \_ ps -el  shows safe_mysqld and mysqld are running
> \_ 
> \_ 
> \_ perhaps mysql.sock did not get opened ??
> \_ or, vmware interferes ??
> \_ or...
> \_ 
> \_ i'm at a loss...what do you think I should check?  it used to work.
> 
> check for a /etc/my.cnf; it might specify an alter local socket or
> other amusements; 
> 
> make sure that /var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock exists and looks pipish.
> 
> I think the build docs someplace say how you can build mysql without
> local unix sockets.
> 
> Try connecting ala:
> 
> mysqladmin -h 127.1 -u root -p ....
> 
> And see if the network version is alive and kicking.
> 
> David


/var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock does not exist, so it is definitely NOT pipish.

the above mysqladmin commandline (corrected, varied, etc.) returns the 
same output as described above (ERROR 2002: ...).  Tried to connect from 
another terminal (after connecting by ssh then mysql back to here), but 
same problem, not connecting.
ERROR 2003: Can't connect to MySQL server on '192.168.0.4' (111)

more ideas?

Roderick