Re: [Devil-Linux-discuss] mysql not starting & ntop not starting on boot

[Heiko Z. <he...@zu...>]

sp...@gm... wrote:

>hallo,
>
>I am e newbie in linux
>world
>  
>
Welcome !

>(devil-linux-1.2.1-i586-SMP)
>
>------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>Help with mysql not
>starting-up
>------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>/usr/bin/mysqld_safe "-u mysql --pid-file=/var/run/mysql.pid"
>
>root@devil:~ # /usr/bin/mysqld_safe "-u mysql --pid-file=/var/run/mysql.pid"
>touch: cannot touch `/usr/var/devil.err': No such file or directory
>chown: cannot access `/usr/var/devil.err': No such file or directory
>Starting mysqld daemon with databases from /usr/var
>/usr/bin/mysqld_safe: line 302: /usr/var/devil.err: No such file or
>directory
>/usr/bin/mysqld_safe: line 1: /usr/var/devil.err: No such file or directory
>STOPPING server from pid file /usr/var/devil.pid
>tee: /usr/var/devil.err: No such file or directory
>050103 01:41:57  mysqld ended
>tee: /usr/var/devil.err: No such file or
>directory
>  
>
Are you using the init script?
/etc/init.d/mysql start

My guess is you didn't configure mysql, take a look at the file /etc/my.cnf
You need to tell the server where to put the database files. I for 
example use this:
[mysqld]
datadir = /var/data/mysql

Of course the directory has to exist and has to be writeable.
You also need to have it on a harddisk, otherwise you'll loose all the 
data after a reboot.

>------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>ntop not starting on
>boot:
>------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>/usr/bin/ntop -d -L -P /var/lib/ntop -u ntop --set-admin-password=devil
>/usr/bin/ntop -d -L -P /var/lib/ntop -u ntop -w 8080 --skip-version-check
>
>  
>
The next DL release will have an updated ntop init script. DL 1.2.2 will 
be available in a few days.

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Regards
  Heiko Zuerker
  http://www.devil-linux.org