I was trying to run MySQL on my Suse Linux box when I got this error. Anybody who knows what I should do to solve this error?

myopensuse102:~ # mysql stop
ERROR 2002 (HY000): Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket '/var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock' (2)
myopensuse102:~ # mysql start
ERROR 2002 (HY000): Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket '/var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock' (2)

I tried navigating to the folder but i can't seem to find the mysql.sock file.

myopensuse102:~ # cd var/lib
bash: cd: var/lib: No such file or directory
myopensuse102:~ # cd /var
myopensuse102:/var # cd lib
myopensuse102:/var/lib # cd mysql
myopensuse102:/var/lib/mysql # ls
.protected  ib_logfile0  ibdata1  mysql_upgrade_info  mysqld.log.1.bz2  test
.tmp        ib_logfile1  mysql    mysqld.log          mysqld.log.2.bz2
myopensuse102:/var/lib/mysql

Anybody who can give me guidance on this?

 

wait. the "mysql" you were running might be the mysql command line utility, not the service startup/shutdown script. please check. in some distros (dunno about SuSE) it's named "mysqld" with d meaning daemon (or server process)

Thanks cruizer. I'll try this tonight.

This is the first time i'm going to work with PHP and Linux since 2002 and man its pretty hard for a Microsoftie to get back in to "the light".