Help!

I have just switched to slackware 9.1 for the first time, and impressed i am
too with the speed of it.
However i have been used to using distros that setup apache, mod_php and
mysql pretty much automatically - the way i want.

When i installed slackware i pretty much installed everything, so apache,
php and mysql is in there, i just need to know how to get them working in
harmony...

1. How do i enable mod_php in apache? does mod_php exist?
2. How do i get mysql to work? i currently get complaints about 'cannot
connect to local mysql server through socket /../..mysql.sock'.

These might sound like dumb questions, but as i said i am used to using
'easy' distros. I am on a tight time sched, so dont have time to wade
through manuals.

any help would be gratefully appreciated

cheers
David

david mcdade wrote in alt.os.linux.slackware:

> Help!
>
> I have just switched to slackware 9.1 for the first time, and impressed i
> am too with the speed of it.
> However i have been used to using distros that setup apache, mod_php and
> mysql pretty much automatically - the way i want.
>
> When i installed slackware i pretty much installed everything, so apache,
> php and mysql is in there, i just need to know how to get them working in
> harmony...
>
> 1. How do i enable mod_php in apache? does mod_php exist?
> 2. How do i get mysql to work? i currently get complaints about 'cannot
> connect to local mysql server through socket /../..mysql.sock'.
>
> These might sound like dumb questions, but as i said i am used to using
> 'easy' distros. I am on a tight time sched, so dont have time to wade
> through manuals.
>
> any help would be gratefully appreciated
>
> cheers
> David

To the mysql part: this sounds like the mysql server is not running. Check
if it is using "ps -A | grep mysqld*". If it prints out something it's
running, if not it's not. If it's not running look for it (I have it in
/usr/local/libexec/mysqld, but I think I have recompiled it by myself). I
have a little rc script for mysqld to start which looks like this:

#!/bin/sh
#
# /etc/rc.d/rc.mysql
#

mysql_start() {
echo "Starting mysqld..."
/usr/local/libexec/mysqld --user=root &
}

mysql_stop() {
echo "Stopping service mysqld..."
killall mysqld
}

mysql_restart() {
mysql_stop
mysql_start
}

case "$1" in
'start')
mysql_start
;;
'stop')
mysql_stop
;;
'restart')
mysql_restart
;;
*)
esac

This makes it very easy to start it, you have to put it in /etc/rc.d and
you can do things like "./rc.mysql start"

PHP and the Apache should be working in harmony, mysql should work in
harmony with PHP too. You just need to start the httpd server "./rc.httpd
start", again in /etc/rc.d - they shold work find (don't know for 9.1
'cause I "only" have 9.0).

I hope this helps,
zeitgeist

--
A baby is God's opinion that the world should go on.
-- Carl Sandburg

vincent wrote
> Help!
>
> I have just switched to slackware 9.1 for the first time, and impressed i am
> too with the speed of it.
> However i have been used to using distros that setup apache, mod_php and
> mysql pretty much automatically - the way i want.
>
> When i installed slackware i pretty much installed everything, so apache,
> php and mysql is in there, i just need to know how to get them working in
> harmony...
>
> 1. How do i enable mod_php in apache? does mod_php exist?

Uncomment the line near the bottom of /etc/apache/httpd.conf.
to enable php.
> 2. How do i get mysql to work? i currently get complaints about 'cannot
> connect to local mysql server through socket /../..mysql.sock'.

Have you set up mysql ? if not then just starting it wont do the trick.
you got to set up the database and users etc.

read /etc/rc.d/rc.mysql to get you started.
and the /usr/doc/mysql documentation.
>
> These might sound like dumb questions, but as i said i am used to using
> 'easy' distros. I am on a tight time sched, so dont have time to wade
> through manuals.
>
> any help would be gratefully appreciated
>
> cheers
> David
>
>