Can't get mysql to start

[Michael Satterwhite]

Craig White wrote:
> 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.
> ----
> 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

That worked thanks much.
New command (for me) service.
Thanks again
---Michael