[Techtalk] Cannot get LAMP mysql or php to start

[Leslie MacDougall]

Crash as in total shutdown. It's an older machine, but one of the
beauties of Linux is that it can run on an older machine :D As far as
I can tell I somehow misplaced a couple of important files. I'm a
little worried about the possibility of hardware problems - they'll be
more expensive than reinstalling my OS!

Thanks for all your help on this Wim - it is much appreciated. I see
you are in Google Wave... are you an expert on that too? :)
Regards, Leslie



On Sat, Jan 16, 2010 at 12:50 AM, Wim De Smet <kromagg at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> On Fri, Jan 15, 2010 at 11:52 AM, Leslie MacDougall <lesmacdee at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Hi Wim, don't know if this helps:
>>
>>> dpkg -l gave:
>>> ii mysql-client 5.1.30really5. MySQL database client (metapackage depending
>>> ii mysql-client-5 5.1.30really5. MySQL database client binaries
>>> ii mysql-common 5.1.30really5. MySQL database common files
>>> ii mysql-server 5.1.30really5. MySQL database server (metapackage depending
>>> ii mysql-server-5 5.1.30really5. MySQL database server binaries
>>> ii mysql-server-c 5.1.30really5. MySQL database core server files
>>
>> I had the above result saved from a former email to a friend. Also
>> results for the following if you want them.
>
> That's odd, from the other output I would've suspected those
> mysql-server packages weren't installed at all. Looks like the status
> file is broken then.
>
>> Unfortunately I cannot even open a terminal before my computer
>> crashes. (I am sending this email from someone else's windows machine
>> :'( !!)
>> Any suggestions as to how I can get mine to stay on long enough to
>> find and kill the configuration job?
>
> What exactly do you mean by "crash"? Shutdown, black screen, ...? Just
> booting up your pc and logging in should work. That doesn't make dpkg
> launch, so if any problem were related to that, you should at least be
> able to login and open a terminal. The fact that you can't points to
> some deeper issue. Perhaps your friend was right and it's a bit of a
> lost cause, though if weirdness like this is happening I'm still
> inclined to think there's a hardware problem somewhere. You could try
> reinstalling in any case.
>
> regards,
> Wim
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