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[-Edward-]

Hi,

After my episode earlier today i screwed up mysql and php and im thinking i may need to re-install it. Would i need to uninstall all the file for these two and start again or just over write them?.

If i have to uninstall them how do i do this?.

[kunal]

I guess, you would be fine with just over writing the old ones. Un-installing on Linux is done by, deleting the files manually. There isnt any uninstall program like windows

[-Edward-]

http://www.kchat.org/phpinfo.php - When i go there all seems ok.

When i try changing the mysql password or login to mysql as root it tells me there is a problem with -'/var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock'

So im guessing mysql is what has gone wrong?. However when i try re-install mysql i always get a server hangup. I used to get the server hangup when i was changing the time and stuff But that hangup seems to of vanished.

Any ideas?.

[KDAWebServices]

Do:

killall mysql

and

killall safemysqld

Then start mysql again and the problem should be fixed.

[kunal]

Try shutting mysql down and then restarting using the following

/usr/local/mysql/share/mysql.server stop

then

/usr/local/mysql/share/mysql.server start


If this doesnt work, give the server a hard boot.

[-Edward-]

I know i have todo this via telnet right?. But to make changes to mysql you have to be logged in as mysql root user or server root user?. Because i cant login as mysql root.

[kunal]

Hard reboot, then.

[-Edward-]

Still no good. I'm willing to pay if someone can help me fix this. Not a spectular amount but its all i can afford $100. Sorry if i broke a forum rule by posting that but im well and trully stumped.

[Racin' Rob]

Originally posted by Technics
I know i have todo this via telnet right?. But to make changes to mysql you have to be logged in as mysql root user or server root user?. Because i cant login as mysql root.

Do you have Plesk?
If so, the mysql root logon and password are the same as that of the plesk admin logon.
If not, try the logon info to ftp to your server, not root.
UIf none of these work, your server supplier should give you the mysql root logon information.

[kunal]

Originally posted by Racin' Rob

Do you have Plesk?
If so, the mysql root logon and password are the same as that of the plesk admin logon.
If not, try the logon info to ftp to your server, not root.
UIf none of these work, your server supplier should give you the mysql root logon information.

I think he is on a Raq, and Plesk doesnt work on a Raq, so he isnt using Plesk

Anyways, I think you should contact 4webspace [is it] and find out what is wrong. Coz after rebooting your server, it should have worked.

[-Edward-]

I got it working now thanks to Karl - Thanks for your help guys.