[mythtv-users] MySQL timeout FAIL with fedora

[Mr. Myth]

Joel Anderson wrote:

>Yes, I have this error when starting mysqld on FC1 also.  It seems to
>actually start and work just fine, so I assumed it's something minor in the
>init script and haven't bothered to look into yet.
>  
>
In the mysql startup script, after it starts the database, it does a 
mysqladmin ping to see if the database is up.  This fails if you have a 
root password since it requires a password.

I change mine to do a 'mysqladmin ping -u mysql' and now it works fie.

Michael