Sounds like you don’t have the permissions set correctly for MySQL.

Try chowning /var/mysql/* and /var/mysql/mysql/ (I think) to the user mysql..

That should fix it. If not, the err log in /var/mysql is usually pretty good at telling you what went wrong.

Good luck.

MySQL is suddently working for me after checking and following a few of the tips I saw on Apple Discussions.

What did it for me:

– Making sure your machine hostname is matching a proper DNS entry in /etc/hostconfig (will require a reboot if you have to change it).

– Adding the machine’s domain name into the Optional Search Domain field under Networking.

– Running “sudo chown -R mysql /var/mysql *”

– Running “sudo safe_mysqld” (shoudl really use the full start server with mysql user, but this was a quick and dirty to make sure the server started)

Once I was able to get the MySQL server up and running, using the MySQL manager app seemed to work for starting and stopping the server.

A bit convoluted and I really wish Apple did make it as simple as a single-click.

Good luck.