Hi,
Mike Rappe wrote:
> I dis-abled SELinux and re-booted the server and
> re-installed mysql. this time it created the user
> mysql but, it still will not start. this is the
> output when i try to start it via the bash -x
> mysql start command:
Thanks for the trace, that was helpful. It seems like the original Red Hat MySQL RPM left a /etc/my.cnf file around - it contains a line that changes "basedir" to /var/lib, which causes the startup script to look for the binaries at the wrong location. Please either comment out that basedir variable or remove /etc/my.cnf completely, if you have not further customized it yet. Better start with a fresh one from scratch. Our RPMs don't ship with a /etc/my.cnf file by default, but they honour an existing one.
Bye,
LenZ
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