Boy am I a newbie!

[Iain Stevenson]

Where did you get the MySQL package from? - the "cannot execute binary" 
looks suspiciously like the message one gets if trying to run a package 
built for i386 on a ppc machine.  You must install from RPMs that have the 
".ppc.rpm" suffix.

  Iain



--On Sunday, October 27, 2002 10:25 pm -0900 Rob LeFebvre <roblef@gci.net> 
wrote:

> Hi!
>
> I'm losing it, here. :) I'm trying to follow some instructions in a book
> on  AMP, the apache, mySQL, PHP suite of programs to run a web server.
> I'm trying  to do it on YDL 2.3 on my G3 Apple Tower (B$W).
>
> I get to the install mySQL part of the book (like, page 4!) and it says
> to do  this "./scripts/mysql_install_db" I do it, and get this error in
> my  hostname.err log:
>
> 021026 19:19:03  mysqld started
> /usr/local/mysql/bin/mysqld: /usr/local/mysql/bin/mysqld: cannot execute
> binary$
> 021026 19:19:04  mysqld ended
>
> 021026 19:27:46  mysqld started
> /usr/local/mysql/bin/mysqld: /usr/local/mysql/bin/mysqld: cannot execute
> binary$
> 021026 19:27:46  mysqld ended
>
> I get this error in the Console:
>
> ./scripts/mysql_install_db: ./bin/my_print_defaults: cannot execute
> binary  file
> WARNING: The host '120-129-58-66-cable' could not be looked up with
> resolveip. This probably means that your libc libraries are not 100 %
> compatible with this binary MySQL version. The MySQL deamon, mysqld,
> should work normally with the exception that host name resolving will not
> work. This means that you should use IP addresses instead of hostnames
> when specifying MySQL privileges !
> Preparing db table
> Preparing host table
> Preparing user table
> Preparing func table
> Preparing tables_priv table
> Preparing columns_priv table
> Installing all prepared tables
> ./scripts/mysql_install_db: ./bin/mysqld: cannot execute binary file
> Installation of grant tables failed!
>
> Examine the logs in ./data for more information.
> You can also try to start the mysqld demon with:
> ./bin/mysqld --skip-grant &
> You can use the command line tool
> ./bin/mysql to connect to the mysql
> database and look at the grant tables:
>
> shell> ./bin/mysql -u root mysql
> mysql> show tables
>
> Try 'mysqld --help' if you have problems with paths. Using --log
> gives you a log in ./data that may be helpful.
>
> The latest information about MySQL is available on the web at
> http://www.mysql.com
> Please consult the MySQL manual section: 'Problems running
> mysql_install_db', and the manual section that describes problems on your
> OS.
> Another information source is the MySQL email archive.
> Please check all of the above before mailing us!
> And if you do mail us, you MUST use the ./bin/mysqlbug script!
>
>
> I'm at a loss. I've tried the web site, the YDL one and the SQL one, to
> no  avail. Same with the mysql --help file. My brain ain't built for
> this, I  suppose. Any ideas? Any place I can look, or talk to a real
> person? Is it  YDL? IF I download a newer version fromthe mysql site,
> which do I choose?  THere are so many rpm's!
>
> Thanks in advance for any help you can give.
>
> Rob
> --
> --
> Sent from the Linux Box of Rob LeFebvre
> Yellow Dog Linux 2.3
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