problem with mysql 5 install and configuration

[Bradley Giesbrecht]

On Jan 17, 2012, at 10:52 AM, Érico wrote:

> Hello 
> 
> both work in command line : 
> 
> step 1 => $ mysql5 -u root --socket=/opt/local/var/run/mysql5/mysqld.sock
> 
> step 2 => $ mysql5 -u root -p
> 
> I am trying now to use phpmyadmin on it and I am getting the following : 
> 
> Error
> #2002 - The server is not responding (or the local MySQL server's socket is not correctly configured)

You can either configure phpmyadmin to use your socket path:
/opt/local/var/run/mysql5/mysqld.sock

or specify 127.0.0.1 for host.

$ mysql5 -uroot -p -h127.0.0.1

Or configure mysql for some other ip interface in /opt/local/etc/mysql5/my.cnf.


Regards,
Bradley Giesbrecht (pixilla)