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[Kurt von Finck <kurt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Tue, Aug 2, 2011 at 12:26 AM, Kristian Nielsen
<knielsen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> planas <jslozier@xxxxxxxxx> writes:
>
>> If I try
>> sudo /etc/init.d/mysql start I get
>>
>> * Starting MariaDB database server mysqld
>> [fail]
>
> The first step is to check /var/log/daemon.log for all error messages from
> mysqld, they will likely explain what the problem is.
>
> The most common cause of this kind of problem is configuring wrong log file
> sizes for InnoDB/XtraDB, but it is impossible to tell without the contents of
> the error log from /var/log/daemon.
>
>> about the problem of how to solve it. I have tried a complete reinstall
>> from the repository and it has not helped.
>
>> When I try to start maria, Ubuntu 11.04, a local install mariadb 5.2.7
>> sudo /usr/bin/mysqld_safe I get
>
> If you install from the repositories, I am not sure if calling mysqld_safe
> directly is supposed to work. The right way to start is /etc/init.d/mysql
> start.

In Ubuntu you may also use:

sudo invoke-rc.d $NAME [stop][start][restart]

sudo service $NAME [stop][start][restart]

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./k

Kurt von Finck
Chief Community And Communications Officer
Monty Program
http://montyprogram.com