On Mar 2, 5:51 pm, Manu <anmol.ki...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Mar 2, 3:13 pm, Jerry Stuckle <jstuck...@attglobal.net> wrote:
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>
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> > Manu wrote:
> > > Hi there,
>
> > > I am facing a problem related to execution of MySQL on Fedora 8
> > > operating system. When I try to execute mysql command in BASH
> > > terminal, I get following error:
>
> > > ERROR 2002 (HY000): Can't connect to local MySQL server through
> > > socket '/var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock' (2)
>
> > > Please help me to fix it.
>
> > > Thanks in advance
> > > Manu
>
> > First thing to check is to see if MySQL is even running.
>
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> > Remove the "x" from my email address
> > Jerry Stuckle
> > JDS Computer Training Corp.
> > jstuck...@attglobal.net
> > ==================
>
> How can I check, MySQL is running or not ?

Thanks for your help. MySQL was not running. after starting it,
commands are working.

Thanks once again.
Manu