MySql is up, phpMyAdmin is down, databases are down

[darius]

Hi,

the old problem with mysql in Windows.

I installed mysql for Windows many times and 99% cases is down.

Xampp was ok, phpMyAdmin worked fine, I successfully installed Joomla, Mediawiki, Drupal

and now phpMyAdmin is down, apps are down, errors generated

Could you tell me what's wrong ?

I can install mysql service from command line but phpMyAdmin is down.


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Error

MySQL said: Documentation
#2002 - The server is not responding (or the local MySQL server's socket is not correctly configured)
Connection for controluser as defined in your configuration failed.

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How to correctly configure MySQL's server's socket ?

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The current server installed: c:\xampp\mysql\bin\mysqld.exe --defaults-file=c:\xampp\mysql\bin\my.ini

error 1067

[client]
# password = your_password
port = 3306
socket = "c:/xampp/mysql/mysql.sock"

C:\xampp\mysql\bin>mysqld -install MySql -defaults-file=c:\xampp\mysql\my.ini
Service successfully installed.

phpMyAdmin
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Error

MySQL said: Documentation
#2002 - The server is not responding (or the local MySQL server's socket is not correctly configured)
Connection for controluser as defined in your configuration failed.


https://localhost/xampp/ is on
Webalizer is on

phpMyAdmin is down

[Kagome]

firewall problem?
is the MySQl Service running?

you could also try if you can connect with the MySQL GUI Tools (MySQl Administrator or MySQlQueryBrowser) to your Server:
http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/gui-tools/5.0.html
if yes - something in your phpadmin config is damaged if no - the mysql server is running or something else is blocking the Port.