ERROR 2002

[aharen]

hey my machine is running openSUSE 10.2 and i've been gettin the following msg wen i try to connect to mysql servr ;

ERROR 2002 (HY000): Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket '/opt/lampp/var/mysql/mysql.sock' (2)


i've searched all over the net and havent found n e thin helpful..can n e one pls help?? .. thanx