How to start XAMPP

[ashwin1711]

On 11/09/2009, Emil Payne <EHSPayne at angelwoodpines.org> wrote:
>
>> when I start with http://localhost/phpmyadmin/  in web browser then it
>> opens with username and password but I dont know how it start.When I
>> type my username and password of the ubuntu then its denied and said
>> like blow.I am using Ubuntu 9.04
>> phpMyAdmin
>> Welcome to phpMyAdmin
>> #1045 - Access denied for user 'ashwin'@'localhost' (using password: NO)
>> Language
>>
>> Log in
>> Username:
>> Password:
>>
>
> I believe that the default username is : lampp
> and the password should be the one you typed in when you installed it.
>
> Emil
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I had stop and then again start and after that another script type in
termital.It starts phpmyadmin but I want to know what happen with that

below i have paste it what I done before

ashwin at ashwin-laptop:~$ sudo /etc/init.d/mysql stop
[sudo] password for ashwin:
 * Stopping MySQL database server mysqld                                 [ OK ]
ashwin at ashwin-laptop:~$ sudo /etc/init.d/mysql start
 * Starting MySQL database server mysqld                                 [fail]
ashwin at ashwin-laptop:~$ sudo /usr/sbin/mysqld --skip-grant-tables
--skip-networking &
[4] 4199
ashwin at ashwin-laptop:~$ 090912  2:26:10  InnoDB: Started; log sequence
number 0 43655
090912  2:26:10 [Note] /usr/sbin/mysqld: ready for connections.
Version: '5.0.75-0ubuntu10.2'  socket: '/var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock'
port: 0  (Ubuntu)

ashwin at ashwin-laptop:~$