On Sun, 5 Feb 2006, Fredrik Lundgren wrote:

> When I try to visit with
> $ mysql -u root -p
> password. *******
>
> I get
> ERROR 2002 (HY000): Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket
> 'var/run/mysqld.sock' (2)
>
> Evidently my configuration is wrong
>
> Has anyone a tip or two ?

Maybe start mysqld?

/etc/init.d/mysql start

> and how do I get mysql to start at boot?

Maybe use rc-update?

rc-update add mysql default


(Yes, its in the handbook)

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