Hello All,

I'm a total newb with Mac OS X, and a total new w/installing MySQL. That being said, when I installed MySQL initially today, it seemed to work just fine. Having shut off my computer to do some other stuff, I am now getting the following error:

error: 'Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket '/tmp/mysql.sock' (2)'

So, it would seem that this file must exist in order for MySQL to work, but it's not there. I read that this might be due to a cron job that automatically cleans out the tmp folder, which makes sense. The only items I see in the tmp directory are 501 and mcx_compositor (file).

Any suggestions?...especially basic ones?

Oh, yes, I should also mention that my Mac help application stopped working. Spiffy...perhaps unrelated but i thought I'd just mention that.

Thanks!!!!!

When you started your computer, did you remember to start the mysql server (mysqld) ?

First, thanks J.D. for your gracious reply. The thing is, I set up the auto start feature (or whatever it's called) to start the mysql server along with the computer. But I tried your suggestion anyway, and it told me the port was already in use (i.e. the server had been started).

I had created a symbolic link to /private/tmp yesterday but had not been able to see if that worked just then...apparently it did, because mysql starts right up now.

Incidentally, here is where I found this fix:

http://www.iwalt.com/weblog/2003/01/mysqlsnafu

And check out this comment:

"Hey man. Safari is causing the problems with tmp folder. See macfixit.com. Seems it likes to delete it, and sometimes the home directory? Anyway, just do a little "ln -s /private/tmp /tmp"
Daniel

-Yikes, that sucks.

But thanks again for your response, I appreciate your taking the time.

-Chad