Starting mysql

[Pierre Jaury]

Uh, if you have existing mysqld root dir, try mysqld_upgrade. Otherwise,
try cleaning your /var/lib/mysql (and backing up any interesting MyISAM
or InnoDB index/data you want to keep) then initialize again.

On Sun, 2011-12-11 at 21:02 +0000, Paul F. Johnson wrote: 
> Hi,
> 
> > Did you initialize databases as suggested (mysql_install_db) ?
> 
> Yep - gave me this
> 
> [root at PB3 paul]# mysql_install_db
> Installing MySQL system tables...
> 111211 21:00:37 [ERROR] Incorrect definition of table mysql.proc:
> expected column 'comment' at position 15 to have type text, found type
> char(64).
> ERROR: 1136  Column count doesn't match value count at row 1
> 111211 21:00:38 [ERROR] Aborting
> 
> 111211 21:00:38 [Note] /usr/libexec/mysqld: Shutdown complete
> 
> 
> Installation of system tables failed!  Examine the logs in
> /var/lib/mysql for more information.
> 
> You can try to start the mysqld daemon with:
> 
>     shell> /usr/libexec/mysqld --skip-grant &
> 
> and use the command line tool /usr/bin/mysql
> to connect to the mysql database and look at the grant tables:
> 
>     shell> /usr/bin/mysql -u root mysql
>     mysql> show tables
> 
> Try 'mysqld --help' if you have problems with paths.  Using --log
> gives you a log in /var/lib/mysql that may be helpful.
> 
> Please consult the MySQL manual section
> 'Problems running mysql_install_db', and the manual section that
> describes problems on your OS.  Another information source are the
> MySQL email archives available at http://lists.mysql.com/.
> 
> Please check all of the above before mailing us!  And remember, if
> you do mail us, you MUST use the /usr/bin/mysqlbug script!
> 
> Any advice would be appreciated.
> 
> Paul
> 
> -- 
> Vertraue mir, ich weiss, was ich mache...
> 

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