Mysql won't start from init.d/mysql but will from mysqld_safe

mysql Ver 14.12 Distrib 5.0.21, for pc-linux-gnu (i686) using readline
5.0
on CentOS 4.3

Mysql will run fine if I use mysqld_safe. But it won't run at boot
even though I have:

mysql 0:off 1:off 2:on 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off

And I checked the /etc/init.d/mysql script and it's the same one as the
mysql.server script that came with the install. (I installed from
RPM's).

If I try to run it from command line I get:

#/etc/init.d/mysql start
Starting MySQLCouldn't find MySQL manager or server [FAILED]

I also tried /usr/sbin/setenforce 0 but it didn't help.

dterrors@hotmail.com wrote:
> mysql Ver 14.12 Distrib 5.0.21, for pc-linux-gnu (i686) using readline
> 5.0
> on CentOS 4.3
>
> Mysql will run fine if I use mysqld_safe. But it won't run at boot
> even though I have:
>
> mysql 0:off 1:off 2:on 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off
>
> And I checked the /etc/init.d/mysql script and it's the same one as the
> mysql.server script that came with the install. (I installed from
> RPM's).
>
> If I try to run it from command line I get:
>
> #/etc/init.d/mysql start
> Starting MySQLCouldn't find MySQL manager or server [FAILED]
>
> I also tried /usr/sbin/setenforce 0 but it didn't help.

It sounds like you might have missed something on your install. Perhaps
a configuration option or something like that. It's also possible that
your installation is corrupt. Did you recieve any errors during the
installation?

It might also be worth looking into using a package manager for the
installation such as up2date or yum. This url might be useful for you
if you choose to take this path. http://centos.karan.org/