Rails - Mar 2009 - Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket...

I just did an unwanted mysql upgrade and am now unable to start the
mysql service.

After doing some searching the common solution is to just create a
symlink
   ln -s /var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock /tmp/mysql.sock

The issue for me is I don''t have the file I am trying to symlink to
(/var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock)

If I try to start mysql manually (mysql start) I get the error:
# mysql start
ERROR 2002 (HY000): Can''t connect to local MySQL server through socket
''/var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock'' (2)

Thanks for any help.
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On Wed, Mar 4, 2009 at 5:05 PM, Chris Olsen <
rails-mailing-list-ARtvInVfO7ksV2N9l4h3zg@public.gmane.org> wrote:
>
> I just did an unwanted mysql upgrade and am now unable to start the
> mysql service.
>
> After doing some searching the common solution is to just create a
> symlink
>   ln -s /var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock /tmp/mysql.sock
>
> The issue for me is I don''t have the file I am trying to symlink
to
> (/var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock)
>
> If I try to start mysql manually (mysql start) I get the error:
> # mysql start
> ERROR 2002 (HY000): Can''t connect to local MySQL server through
socket
> ''/var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock'' (2)
>
Hi, are you 100% sure that you need the location of this .sock file?  If you
do, then generate another Rails project and take a look at the database.yml
file.

Good luck,

-Conrad

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After running the proper command /etc/init.d/mysql start it then 
informed me that a log expiry must be set for the current configuration.

It is a little odd that the default configurations don''t work, but it
is
working for me now so I am happy.
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