MySQL Trouble need help

[Tony White]

OK - first - in the command you gave, the mysql bit would be ignored,
as apt-get upgrade is complete - and does an upgrade of all upgradable
packages. You should *always* precede that command with a sudo apt-get
update command first to make sure you do get the latest packages.

second - and maybe a bit more personal - i prefer aptitude to apt-get
as aptitude is much better at handling package dependencies.  So
wherever you see, or use, or are advised to use apt-get, just
substitute 'aptitude' instead.

SO!!! - please try the following, and let us know if that fixes your problem:

sudo aptitude update
sudo aptitude upgrade

it may take a while ;) - so i hope you have a good internet
connection, and can leave it running all night!

As an alternative, and i'm sure there won't be too much difference in
download time/size, you may wish to upgrade your whole system from
feisty to gutsy.  wiki.ubuntu.com has instructions on how to do this -
but if you want to do it, give another shout on the list, and i'll try
to guide you through it

cheers,
Tony



On 26/03/2008, Antony Kipingor <kipingor at gmail.com> wrote:
> This email is from a ubuntu-ke subscriber to other subscribers inluding you:)
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> I am using Fawn 7.04 all I typed was sudo apt-get upgrade mysql
>
>
>  On Wed, Mar 26, 2008 at 3:19 PM, Tony White <tony.mzungu at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>  > Hi,
>  >
>  > It will help to know which version of ubuntu, and how you 'upgraded'
>  > the mysql.
>  >
>  > Tony
>  >
>  > On 26/03/2008, Antony Kipingor <kipingor at gmail.com> wrote:
>  > > This email is from a ubuntu-ke subscriber to other subscribers inluding
>  > you:)
>  > >  Hi all,
>  > >
>  > >  I hope you have been well, I resently attempted to upgrade Mysql
>  > server. The
>  > >  server is now giving me issues, I believe the root of the problem is
>  > the
>  > >  my.cnf is a  different version than the server itself.
>  > >
>  > >  When I attempt to login i.e.
>  > >  #mysql -u root -p
>  > >  etc
>  > >  I receive the following error message:
>  > >  ERROR 2002 (HY000): Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket
>  > >  '/var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock' (2)
>  > >
>  > >  Can anyone help me
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