Am 11.12.2011 22:02, schrieb Paul F. Johnson:
Hi,
> Did you initialize databases as suggested (mysql_install_db) ?
Yep - gave me this
[root@PB3 paul]# mysql_install_db
Installing MySQL system tables...
111211 21:00:37 [ERROR] Incorrect definition of table mysql.proc:
expected column 'comment' at position 15 to have type text, found type
char(64).
ERROR: 1136 Column count doesn't match value count at row 1
111211 21:00:38 [ERROR] Aborting
111211 21:00:38 [Note] /usr/libexec/mysqld: Shutdown complete
sounds like this is not a fresh install
people should be advised to call "mysql_upgrade -u root -p" after
EACH minor update to avoid such issues over the long
use this to start mysqld without permissions-system but make sure
it is not reachable for clients as long it is running without priv
http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.1/en/server-options.html#option_mysqld_...
after mysqld si running use "mysql_upgrade -u" (you do not need a password at
this point)
and after that REMOVE skip-grant from your config and restart the service a last time
to active privilege control