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Missing mysqld.sock file?

I can not start MariaDB because there is no mysqld.sock file in var/run/mysqld/ folder. I have uninstalled and reinstalled.

I have run mysql_install_db, it was apparently successful. When I ran mysqld_safe it had problems. Mysql-secure_installation hangs with an error no such file in mysqld.sock /var/run/mysqld/. Searching for it came up empty, there was no such file anywhere.

I am having trouble with generating a bug report.

My question is how do find, download, or make the missing file. I have searched mysql and googled without any success.

My OS is Ubuntu 11.04

Answer Answered by colin charles in this comment.

Try doing:

cd /etc/init.d Go to where mysqld is, and try: ./mysqld start

Then do mysql -uroot and see if you can login.

Also, it would help if you tell us how you installed MariaDB. Thanks!

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