waheed2008 wrote:

> Hi all,
> I am using Suse 11.1 and the standard package of MySQL along with it.
> But when I run mysql it is giving me error
>>
>> ERROR 2002 (HY000): Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket
>> '/var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock' (2)
>>
> I am new to suse that is why I could not sought it out. Perhaps MySQL
> server is not running. I it is so, How to run it??

You can start mysql service by opening a terminal and running (as
root): "rcmysql start"

Greetings,

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Camaleón