[mythtv-users] Mysqld won't start after system freeze

[Graham Dunn]

On Tue, Mar 29, 2005 at 08:52:02AM -0500, PAUL WILLIAMSON wrote:
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> 
> So now when I start up the machine, I've got a few problems...
> 
> I noticed mysqld (FC2/MythTV 0.17, Jarod's guide) was failing to
> start.
> Checked everything I could find:
> 
> 1.  service mysqld stop (failed, because it wasn't running)
> 2.  rm -f /var/lock/subsys/mysqld (or something like that)
> 3.  service mysqld start (failed):
> Timeout error occurred trying to start MySQL Daemon.
> Starting MySQL:                                            [FAILED]
> 4.  Nothing has changed on the system, so I'm guessing 
> the mysql db is corrupt somehow.  
> 5.  Just for kicks, changed the /etc/init.d/mysqld script 
> to use mythtv for the mysqladmin ping check.  Still 
> no luck.
> 
> Please help?

Look in /var/log/messages and /var/log/mysql/mysql.log (or
/var/log/mysql.log - check my.cnf for location).

That will help narrow down what's going wrong.

Graham