Hm. Never experienced that. I have installed ser with no problems on a vanilla (server, minimum install) 4.1 (of course with mysql, mysqlclient, mysel-devel, and mysql-server). g-) Steve Blair wrote: > Hee Hee Hee. Yes. You need to change the MySQL packages (depending > upon what you used before). I am currently using the following: > > mysql-4.1.10a-2.RHEL4.1 > mysql-devel-4.1.10a-2.RHEL4.1 > mysqlclient10-3.23.58-4.RHEL4.1 > perl-DBD-MySQL-2.9004-3.1 > php-mysql-4.3.9-3.6 > mysql-server-4.1.10a-2.RHEL4.1 > mysqlclient10-devel-3.23.58-4.RHEL4.1 > > -Steve > > Martin, Peter wrote: > >> Has anyone successfully installed SER on RH ES4? >> >> >> >> I am getting MySQL errors when trying to start the service >> >> or ser.pid errors. >> >> >> >> my.cnf: >> >> ################################################## >> >> # The following options will be passed to all MySQL clients >> >> [client] >> >> #password = your_password >> >> port = 3306 >> >> socket = /var/run/mysql/mysql.sock >> >> >> >> [mysqld] >> >> datadir=/var/lib/mysql >> >> socket=/var/run/mysql/mysql.sock >> >> >> >> [mysql.server] >> >> user=mysql >> >> basedir=/var/lib >> >> >> >> [safe_mysqld] >> >> err-log=/var/log/mysqld.log >> >> pid-file=/var/run/mysqld/mysqld.pid >> >> ################################################### >> >> >> >> SQL wants to see mysql.sock in /var/lib >> >> SER wants to see mysql.sock in /var/run >> >> >> >> BUT when I move mysql.sock to /var/lib by changing the paths >> >> in my.cnf then SER gives me grief: >> >> >> >> [root@localhost mysql]# serctl start >> >> >> >> Starting SER : cat: /var/run/ser.pid: No such file or directory >> >> started pid() >> >> >> >> Regards, >> >> *Pete Martin** * >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Serusers mailing list >> serusers(a)lists.iptel.org >> http://lists.iptel.org/mailman/listinfo/serusers >