Recent content by lisamac

Seems I just needed to sleep on it... thanks so much for your help yoshi - I ran the process from the beginning, just like you said and it worked! I now have mySql and PHP running! :-D I'm so happy! Thanks, LisaMac

I downloaded the nice installation app from Marc Liyanage and installed as requested. did the steps maticulously ( i think ). I know that i've installed wrong though, cause I knew enough to try to start it. I think I understand the process... i got the error message "sorry the host 'blah blah'...

[localhost:/usr/local/mysql] lisamac% sudo ./bin/safe_mysqld --user=mysql & [1] 428 [localhost:/usr/local/mysql] lisamac% Password:****** ******: Command not found. [localhost:/usr/local/mysql] lisamac% is what i get when I try to run the above command (password is not all stars , but i...

<snip>ERROR 2002: Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket '/tmp/mysql.sock' (2) </snip> k. I'm really trying to use my brain too - but my hair is falling out... can you provide some insight on how you solved this problem? I'd love to know - really :-D Thanks in advance - LisaMac