Quote Originally Posted by hunkychop
First of all, i installed knoppix 5.1.1 CD to my hdd and the mysql packages show that they are installed. from looking at the change log, and the mysql directory itself, i think that the mysql packages on my system are incomplete. and if they are, is it possible to install missing packages that got left off of the CD onto my hdd from the knoppix dvd?

thanks for anyhelp
i deleted the orgional package install of mysql and reinstalled with kpackage mangager after i ran apt-get update, so now i have mysql 5 but i am still not able to start the mysql server. mysql cannot find the socket and mysql still seems to be incomplete

thanks for any help