[mythtv-users] f26 mariadb.service failed after multi-package update

[Bill Meek]

On 01/24/2018 11:09 AM, John Pilkington wrote:
> sysstemctl | grep maria gives
> 
> ● mariadb.service                                loaded failed failed    MariaDB 10.1 database server
> 
> There was a 'normal shutdown' of version 10.1.29
> 
> version 10.1.30 reports:
> 
> 2018-01-24 13:55:42 140690185448192 [ERROR] mysqld: Can't create/write to file '/run/mariadb/mariadb.pid' (Errcode: 2 "No such file or directory")

Try: systemctl cat mariadb.service and look to see if /run/mariadb is created
and is writable by the user that runs MariaDB.

Mine contains lines like:

     User=mysql
     ExecStartPre=/usr/bin/install -m 755 -o mysql -g root -d /var/run/mysqld

-- 
Bill