Make sure if you're using rpm's that you've installed the server version, and not only the client version (and it's probably a good idea to install the 'devel' package also). Once you installed it look for something called safe_mysqld that will start the mysql server.

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From: Murat Mehmet [mailto:murat.mehmet@avrupayazilim.com] Sent: maandag 26 juli 2004 9:06 To: serusers@lists.iptel.org Subject: [Serusers] Help for Mysql Hello all, This is my first time to use SER. I have donwnload it (latets vesion) ser server works fine !. But my poroblem is ,with "Mysql". How can I start the mysql server?. I canont see the "mysqladmin" or "mysqld" commands?