<div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Jun 1, 2012 at 10:39 PM, Steve V <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:olivuts@yahoo.com" target="_blank">olivuts@yahoo.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
<div><div style="font-size:12pt;font-family:times new roman,new york,times,serif">>> I tried reinstalling again.<div><blockquote style="border-left-width:2px;border-left-style:solid;border-left-color:rgb(16,16,255);margin-left:5px;margin-top:5px;padding-left:5px">
<div style="font-family:'times new roman','new york',times,serif"><div style="font-family:'times new roman','new york',times,serif;font-size:12pt"><br></div><div style="font-family:'times new roman','new york',times,serif;font-size:12pt">
error log is now as before.</div><div style="font-family:'times new roman','new york',times,serif;font-size:12pt"><br></div><div><font size="3">interesting in the details while mysql was installing I saw </font> "Unknown job: mysql"</div>
<div><br></div><div>if I run </div><div>sudo service mysql restart</div><div><br></div><div>I get</div><div><div>Rather than invoking init scripts through /etc/init.d, use the service(8)</div><div>utility,
e.g. service mysql restart</div><div><br></div><div>Since the script you are attempting to invoke has been converted to an</div><div>Upstart job, you may also use the stop(8) and then start(8) utilities,</div><div>e.g. stop mysql ; start mysql. The restart(8) utility is also available.</div>
<div>start: Unknown job: mysql</div><div><br></div><div>Is there a clue in the above?</div><div><br></div><div>sudo start mysql </div><div>gives</div><div><div>start: Unknown job: mysql</div></div></div></div></blockquote>
</div></div></div></blockquote><div>Perhaps. I don't know ubuntu does it's services, but it looks like mysql hasn't been setup properly as a service. It's possible that your problem is there rather than a problem with mysql itself. Try running it from the shell.<br>
<br>Cheers,<br>Steve<br> </div></div><br>