MySQL Deamon - is it running?

[Jay Paulson]

After installing Fedora C3 I went to connect to MySQL.  I got an error 
message about the mysql.sock file missing.  Upon further investigation 
it sure enough was missing as well as the 'mysql' script to 
start|stop|restart the deamon in the /etc/init.d directory.  I've done 
ps awx to see if it was even running and sure enough it is not.  I did 
rpm -q mysql and sure enough it is installed.  Is there something I'm 
missing here?

Thanks for any help.
Jay