On Wed, 2005-08-31 at 15:52 -0500, Michael Sullivan wrote: > I am having trouble with /etc/init.d/mysql. I rebooted my system, and > when it finished rebooting I tried to connect to the mysql daemon and > failed. I looked in /var/log/mysql: There was a file there called > mysql.err. The contents were: > > 050831 15:47:29 mysqld started > 050831 15:47:30 Can't start server: Bind on TCP/IP port: Address already > in use > 050831 15:47:30 Do you already have another mysqld server running on > port: 3306 ? > 050831 15:47:30 Aborting > > 050831 15:47:30 /usr/sbin/mysqld: Shutdown Complete > > 050831 15:47:30 mysqld ended > > > I tried netstat | grep '3306': > > bullet mysql # netstat | grep '3306' > bullet mysql # > > The output was blank, so I assume that port 3306 is NOT in use. Any > ideas? >
Try netstat -an | grep 3306. The "-n" option forces netstat to show port numbers and not translate them to familiar names. The "-p" option is also useful to determine what program has opened the port. Eric -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
