seems that your my.cnf is pointing to a location where mysql.sock does not exitst<br><br>you can either<br><br>1. locate mysql.sock and move it to /var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock,  be sure to set its ownership and permissions to mysql<br>
<br>2. locate mysql.sock and update your my.cnf with the correct path to mysql.sock<br><br><br>Regards<br><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Nov 9, 2009 at 1:01 PM, Ukang&#39;a Dickson <span dir="ltr">&lt;<a href="mailto:ukanga@gmail.com">ukanga@gmail.com</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div class="im">On Mon, Nov 9, 2009 at 12:52 PM, Brian Ngure <span dir="ltr">&lt;<a href="mailto:brian@mystique.boldlygoingnowhere.org" target="_blank">brian@mystique.boldlygoingnowhere.org</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">

Hi,<br>
<br>
Are you trying to connect using an IP address or localhost? Try with<br>
the IP address if using localhost.<br></blockquote></div><div>for localhost -&gt; 127.0.0.1 should work <br></div></div><br>
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