mysql5 problem?

[Ryan Schmidt]

On Apr 11, 2007, at 22:32, Karl Timmermann wrote:

> When using the mysql5 +server port, I can't connect locally to  
> mysql using localhost (root). Only 127.0.0.1 and the unix socket  
> works. Any ideas how to fix?  A lot of people have this problem on  
> other platforms, as seen here in the comments section here:
>
> http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.0/en/can-not-connect-to-server.html
>
> However, none of those suggested fixed worked. I even tried  
> removing the Unix socket line from the port file to see if that  
> worked, but it did not.

Need more info. What concrete problem do you experience? What error  
message? Is it about the socket file not existing? If so, does it  
tell you what path it's looking for the socket file at? If so, does  
the socket exist there? If so, are its permissions OK? If the socket  
is not there, why not? Is your mysql server running? What OS version?  
What processor architecture? What solutions have you already tried?  
etc. etc. etc.