Re: #2002 - The server is not responding

[stacy noakes]

Thank you for sharing information
I tried what you've said and get a Permission denied error. How do I get around this? After this is done, will the php.ini and config.inc.php need to say /var/mysql/mysql.sock

"To the people on Mac OS X 10.4.4 and up
During the 10.4.4 OS update, Apple have changed where PHP looks for the MySQL socket file.

You can correct this my:
$ sudo mkdir /var/mysql
$ sudo ln -s /tmp/mysql.sock /var/mysql/mysql.sock "