Can't get mysql to start

[Craig White]

On Sun, 2006-11-26 at 16:07 -0600, Michael Satterwhite wrote:
> I just installed Fedora Core 5, and I'm trying to get my mysql server
> up. It shows as installed in rpm. When (as root) I run mysqld_safe, I get
> 
>      Starting mysqld daemon with databases from /var/lib/mysql
>      STOPPING server from pid file /var/run/mysqld/mysqld.pid
>      061126 16:03:40  mysqld ended
> 
> I have run chkconfig mysqld on, but I can't get the server to start. Any
> and all help greatly appreciated.
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sounds like it's already running...how to check?

ps aux|grep mysql
service mysqld status

how to start it manually

service mysqld start
or
service mysqld restart

Craig