I had a problem with my MySQL installation here the other day. After doing everything I could think of to no avail, I decided to reinstall the whole thing.
I installed the package format of the installation from mysql.com, and ran the installer. It installed it right where it was before i uninstalled it: /usr/local/mysql.
So I try to do this:
sudo echo
sudo /usr/local/mysql/bin/mysqld_safe --user=mysql &
And I get this in response:
[3] 505
mysqld_safe Logging to '/usr/local/mysql/data/PB15.lan.err'.
mysqld_safe Starting mysqld daemon with databases from /usr/local/mysql/data
mysqld_safe mysqld from pid file /usr/local/mysql/data/PB15.lan.pid ended
When I try to do: sudo mate /usr/local/mysql/data/PB15.lan.err, I get an empty document.
Any ideas on what to do?
The solution in the end was installing snow lepoard, giving me a fresh install, and everything just works again. Thanks to everyone who took the time to answer.
Erik