Cannot get MySQL to start?

I ran ps -aux and saw the following two mysql processes but no matter what I try I cannot kill them:

login 7770 0.0 -0.0 0 0 ?? Z 31Dec69 0:00.00 (mysqld)
login 10722 0.0 -0.0 0 0 ?? Z 31Dec69 0:00.00 (mysqld)

I'm trying to just delete mysql from my machine entirely and reinstall it from scratch.

Here's what I get when I run mysqladmin status:

server:~/Desktop login$ mysqladmin status
mysqladmin: connect to server at 'localhost' failed
error: 'Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket '/tmp/mysql.sock' (2)'
Check that mysqld is running and that the socket: '/tmp/mysql.sock' exists!
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I seem to recall having the same issue on mine. As it turned out, the pref pane wasn't accurate: it was running even though the pref pane said otherwise.

On another machine I installed the startUpPackage, and not the pref pane. I've had no problems...

Google the pref pane, I remember there being some kind of weird issue with it
 
Thanks for your help. In my case it doesn't seem to be running at all. If I enter mysqladmin status directly through Terminal it comes up with the error as I posted above.

If you or anybody else has any suggestions, please let me know!
 
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