MySQL socket error in Dapper

[boricua]

> [client]
> port        = 3306
> socket        = /var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock
> 
> But that hasn't helped.
> 
> What I wondered was if there was some consideration particular to 
> Ubuntu. For example, my my.cnf file is in /etc/mysql, whereas on the web 
> sites I looked at, they all said it should be in /etc.
> 
> Is anyone familiar with this error, and is there an Ubuntu specific 
> solution?


did you try mysql --socket  option