Server startup problems usually occur when a change has been made to MySQL configuration or the server itself. MySQL reports errors when this occurs, but because most MySQL servers are started automatically as system processes or services, these messages might not be seen. When troubleshooting system startup problems, try to manually start the server first. The MySQL server itself is started by executing mysqld on the command line. Here are several important command mysqld line options:
Several additional command-line options (pertaining to the use of log files) are listed in the next section. |