mysql problem with socket

[Ryan Schmidt]

On Apr 29, 2012, at 17:59, jeff at ayendesigns.com wrote:

> I stopped mysql, renamed the other 3 cnf files to cnf.old, and restarted it. It is still using the sock in /private/tmp even though the only cnf file points to /opt/local. I'm at a loss...should I grep for /private/tmp to try and find where it's buried??

If you have not already done so, you could try to locate all my.cnf files using:

find / -name my.cnf

Are you sure the mysql that's being started is the one MacPorts installed, and not the one you installed in /usr/local? How are you starting / stopping mysql?