Re: [cacti-user] Cacti's problem with Mysql 4!

[Alex S. de M. <al...@rn...>]

dan wrote:

> Hamed Majnoonian wrote:
>
>> Hi all!
>>
>> I found a weird problem on my BSD box which is 4.11. I started to 
>> install
>> the Cacti with all its default packages it needs such as Mysql4.0. 
>> But the
>> problem is the Mysql is not working since I can't find the 
>> safe_mysqld file
>> to run the Sql daemon. I have tried and test with Mysql 3 but it has the
>> safe_mysqld. I tried to carry on with this version of Mysql but another
>> problem came up.
>>
>> I have followed up all the procedures to start the cacti but when and I
>> didn't find any error message at all during the setup procedures and
>> creating a database for Cacti. But when I point my browser to
>> http://mysite/cacti nothing is there to view.
>>
>> Can any one help me about these two problems?
>>
>>
>> Thank you
>>
>
> This looks like part of the simple setup procedures, not really 
> related to Cacti.  MySQL 4.x has a safe_mysqld file, but perhaps it 
> was stored in a different location than what you're used to.
>
> If you're on a Redhat or Fedora system, the best thing to do would be 
> to look for an init file inside a contrib folder of the source that 
> you had downloaded.  If you are using an RPM, suspect a bunk RPM, as 
> this init file should land itself in /etc/rc.d/init.d, and possibly in 
> /etc/rc.d/rcX.d. 

Right, the standard way to start mysql and apache in recent FreeBSDs is:

Include these flags in /etc/rc.conf:
---------- // -----------------
mysql_enable="YES"
apache_enable="YES"
---------- // -----------------

start the daemons:
---------- // -----------------
/usr/local/etc/rc.d/mysql-server.sh start
/usr/local/etc/rc.d/apache.sh start
---------- // -----------------

Good luck,

Alex