I'm a student, been working on a web-based database. Running RedHat 6.2, the Publisher's Version that came with the textbook, MySQL 3.22.32, everything was running fine. I upgraded to the boxed set RH 7.0, and foolishly allowed it to include the MySQL package. I did copy out the database to the WinC drive just in case, but now I can't connect in the terminal window. I get "Cant connect to local MySQL server through socket '/var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock' (111)". I find on the internet that lots of people seem to get this problem, and nowhere have I seen a fix that works for me. The file is there in /var/lib/mysql, and I found one also in /tmp. Both were 0 bytes, if that's meaningful. I hoped that mysql.com would have a copy of the file, if that's the fix, but no luck there. Maybe I should just nuke everything MySQL and reinstall from the original tar.gz I installed from at the beginning of the term at school? I know how to uninstall things in Windows, but am reluctant to do it in Linux just yet.
I also tried downloading the latest 3.23.38 rpm from mysql.com, and rpm'ed it, but that didn't help.
I'm afraid I'm just a student and this has got me skunked.
F.
I also tried downloading the latest 3.23.38 rpm from mysql.com, and rpm'ed it, but that didn't help.
I'm afraid I'm just a student and this has got me skunked.
F.