mysql5.58 unstart server in mac os 10.6.5

Question

MySQL 5.5.8 uninstall MAC OS 10.6.5,restart computer is message “/Library/StartupItems/MySQLCOM” has not been started because it does not have the proper security settings. i set sudo /Applications/TextEdit.app/Contents/MacOS/TextEdit /usr/local/mysql/support-files/mysql.server

Locate the configuration defining the basedir and set the following : basedir=/usr/local/mysql datadir=/usr/local/mysql/data

bug i click the mysql preference start mysql server isn't start

and i sudo chown -R root:wheel /Library/StartupItems/MySQLCOM and restart again ,not warning message but mysql server not start ,why?

Answer 1

I just installed MySQL 5.5.8 (mysql-5.5.8-osx10.6-x86_64.dmg) on Mac os X 10.6.5 and also had the problem that MySQL was not starting.

After reading this post: http://forums.mysql.com/read.php?11,399397,399606#msg-399606

Modify the mysql.server script file using the following command :

sudo /Applications/TextEdit.app/Contents/MacOS/TextEdit /usr/local/mysql/support-files/mysql.server

Locate the configuration defining the basedir and set the following:

basedir=/usr/local/mysql 
datadir=/usr/local/mysql/data 

Save the file and start the mysql server in the system preferences / terminal

This solved the problem.

Hope this helps. Thanks to http://forums.mysql.com/profile.php?11,3773555 !

Answer 2

cheers! above answer worked for me. now i can start and stop my mysql from system preferences. The great thing about this solution is that it fixed my problem with mysql i had before the problem on my mac os x 10.6.5 was: even after unsuccessful attempt to start mysql by its preference pane i was starting mysql in terminal by "sudo /Library/StartupItems/MySQLCOM/MySQLCOM start" command; after trying to connect to my server by /usr/local/mysql/bin/mysql command in terminal i was getting "ERROR 2002 (HY000): Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket '/tmp/mysql.sock'" error. i know it's unrelated but for reference my computer is 64bit mac with mac os x 10.6.5, installed mysql-5.5.8-osx10.6-x86_64.dmg on it.