cannot start mysql: touch: setting times of `/var/log/mysqld.log': Bad address

[Ramon8]

Hello,

Could you please help me?

I have Fedora 13 32 bits in a VPS.


I cannot start mysql. I do know how to solve this problem and
I did google but I cannot find any solutions.



This is the error:

touch: setting times of `/var/log/mysqld.log': Bad address

Any ideas? Thanks


[root@fx ~]# yum install mysql mysql-devel mysql-server
Setting up Install Process
Resolving Dependencies
--> Running transaction check
---> Package mysql.i686 0:5.1.55-1.fc13 set to be installed
---> Package mysql-devel.i686 0:5.1.55-1.fc13 set to be installed
---> Package mysql-server.i686 0:5.1.55-1.fc13 set to be installed
--> Finished Dependency Resolution

Dependencies Resolved

================================================== ==============================
Package Arch Version Repository Size
================================================== ==============================
Installing:
mysql i686 5.1.55-1.fc13 updates 908 k
mysql-devel i686 5.1.55-1.fc13 updates 128 k
mysql-server i686 5.1.55-1.fc13 updates 8.3 M

Transaction Summary
================================================== ==============================
Install 3 Package(s)

Total download size: 9.3 M
Installed size: 26 M
Is this ok [y/N]: y
Downloading Packages:
(1/3): mysql-5.1.55-1.fc13.i686.rpm | 908 kB 00:02
(2/3): mysql-devel-5.1.55-1.fc13.i686.rpm | 128 kB 00:00
(3/3): mysql-server-5.1.55-1.fc13.i686.rpm | 8.3 MB 00:24
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Total 348 kB/s | 9.3 MB 00:27
Running rpm_check_debug
Running Transaction Test
Transaction Test Succeeded
Running Transaction
Installing : mysql-5.1.55-1.fc13.i686 1/3
Installing : mysql-server-5.1.55-1.fc13.i686 2/3
Non-fatal POSTIN scriptlet failure in rpm package mysql-server-5.1.55-1.fc13.i68
6
/bin/touch: setting times of `/var/log/mysqld.log': Bad address
warning: %post(mysql-server-5.1.55-1.fc13.i686) scriptlet failed, exit status 1
Installing : mysql-devel-5.1.55-1.fc13.i686 3/3

Installed:
mysql.i686 0:5.1.55-1.fc13 mysql-devel.i686 0:5.1.55-1.fc13
mysql-server.i686 0:5.1.55-1.fc13

Complete!
[root@fx ~]#

[root@fx ~]# chkconfig --levels 235 mysqld on

[root@fx ~]# /etc/init.d/mysqld start

touch: setting times of `/var/log/mysqld.log': Bad address
Starting mysqld: [ OK ]
touch: setting times of `/var/lock/subsys/mysqld': Bad address

[root@fx ~]#

[Raffaello22]

Hello,

Are you sure that MySQL doesn't start ? Check by netstat or another tool if service is listening on 3306 port (port 3306 if you are using default configuration ). I think that it is problem with post-install script mysql-server-5.1.55-1.fc13.i686 rpm packet. Post-installing scripts are performed after extract data with packet and are responsible for create files.

It's simple command to check what post-install scipts in mysql-server packet do.

rpm -q --scripts  mysql-server
....
postinstall scriptlet (using /bin/sh):
if [ $1 = 1 ]; then
    /sbin/chkconfig --add mysqld
fi
/bin/chmod 0755 /var/lib/mysql
/bin/touch /var/log/mysqld.log

Analyse post-install script and check if you have appropriate access privileges.

regards,
Rafal

[Vector]

I don't see mysql-libs installed.

Here's some common packages that you'd need:

mysql
mysql-administrator
mysql-connector-c++
mysql-gui-common
mysql-libs
mysql-query-browser
mysql-server
mysql-workbench
php-mysql

[Ramon8]

Thanks for the info packages