Author Topic: mysql is not running but lock exists - mysql not working  (Read 16945 times)

bsnlgprs

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mysql is not running but lock exists - mysql not working
« on: April 29, 2011, 05:50:44 AM »
Today I am unable to use mysql and when I checked I found Mysql is not running but when I tried to start it I received error
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mysql is not running but lock exists [/b]

I am running centos  linux

Jaffery

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Re: mysql is not running but lock exists - mysql not working
« Reply #1 on: April 29, 2011, 06:13:52 AM »
Try to remove its lock
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rm /var/lock/subsys/mysq

bsnlgprs

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Re: mysql is not running but lock exists - mysql not working
« Reply #2 on: April 29, 2011, 06:18:25 AM »
You mean "rm/var/lock/subsys/mysql"

I did that but still not working.

 

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