“Timeout error occurred trying to start MySQL Daemon.”.
You may notice that you can start MySQL correctly only once under Fedora Core 1. All subsequent attempts result in the message “Timeout error occurred trying to start MySQL Daemon.”.
[root@bigboy tmp]# /etc/init.d/mysqld start Timeout error occurred trying to start MySQL Daemon. Starting MySQL: [FAILED] [root@bigboy tmp]#
This is caused by the MySQL startup script incorrectly attempting to do a TCP port ping to contact the server. The solution is:
1) Edit the script /etc/rc.d/init.d/mysqld.
2) Search for the two mysqladmin lines with the word ping in them and insert the string “-u $RANDOM” before the word “ping”:
if [ -n "`/usr/bin/mysqladmin -u $RANDOM ping 2> /dev/null`" ]; then if !([ -n "`/usr/bin/mysqladmin -u $RANDOM ping 2> /dev/null`" ]); then
3) Restart MySQL.
After doing this MySQL should function correctly even after a reboot.