Please find below everything the shell reported.
How can I know if there is another instance of mysql running?
The error in phpmyadmin states that php started with errors, why?
Still cannot make sense out of this.
Thanks.
[ckosloff@localhost ~]$ su
Password:
[root@localhost ckosloff]# /opt/lampp/lampp start
Starting XAMPP for Linux 1.7.2...
XAMPP: Starting Apache with SSL (and PHP5)...
XAMPP: Starting MySQL...
XAMPP: Starting ProFTPD...
XAMPP for Linux started.
[root@localhost ckosloff]# ps -aef | grep mysql
root 8692 1 0 12:23 pts/1 00:00:00 /bin/sh /opt/lampp/bin/mysqld_safe --datadir=/opt/lampp/var/mysql --pid-file=/opt/lampp/var/mysql/localhost.pid
nobody 8822 8692 0 12:23 pts/1 00:00:00 /opt/lampp/sbin/mysqld --basedir=/opt/lampp --datadir=/opt/lampp/var/mysql --user=nobody --log-error=/opt/lampp/var/mysql/localhost.err --pid-file=/opt/lampp/var/mysql/localhost.pid --socket=/opt/lampp/var/mysql/mysql.sock --port=3306
root 10411 8373 0 12:24 pts/1 00:00:00 grep --color mysql
[root@localhost ckosloff]# cat /opt/lampp/var/mysql/localhost.err
091216 19:51:40 mysqld_safe Starting mysqld daemon with databases from /opt/lampp/var/mysql
091216 19:51:40 [Note] Plugin 'FEDERATED' is disabled.
InnoDB: The first specified data file /opt/lampp/var/mysql/ibdata1 did not exist:
InnoDB: a new database to be created!
091216 19:51:40 InnoDB: Setting file /opt/lampp/var/mysql/ibdata1 size to 10 MB
InnoDB: Database physically writes the file full: wait...
091216 19:51:41 InnoDB: Log file /opt/lampp/var/mysql/ib_logfile0 did not exist: new to be created
InnoDB: Setting log file /opt/lampp/var/mysql/ib_logfile0 size to 5 MB
InnoDB: Database physically writes the file full: wait...
091216 19:51:41 InnoDB: Log file /opt/lampp/var/mysql/ib_logfile1 did not exist: new to be created
InnoDB: Setting log file /opt/lampp/var/mysql/ib_logfile1 size to 5 MB
InnoDB: Database physically writes the file full: wait...
InnoDB: Doublewrite buffer not found: creating new
InnoDB: Doublewrite buffer created
InnoDB: Creating foreign key constraint system tables
InnoDB: Foreign key constraint system tables created
091216 19:51:42 InnoDB: Started; log sequence number 0 0
091216 19:51:42 [Note] PrimeBase XT (PBXT) Engine 1.0.08 RC loaded...
091216 19:51:42 [Note] Paul McCullagh, PrimeBase Technologies GmbH,
http://www.primebase.org 091216 19:51:42 [Note] Event Scheduler: Loaded 0 events
091216 19:51:42 [Note] /opt/lampp/sbin/mysqld: ready for connections.
Version: '5.1.37' socket: '/opt/lampp/var/mysql/mysql.sock' port: 3306 Source distribution
091216 19:55:15 [Note] /opt/lampp/sbin/mysqld: Normal shutdown
091216 19:55:15 [Note] Event Scheduler: Purging the queue. 0 events
091216 19:55:15 [Note] PrimeBase XT Engine shutdown...
091216 19:55:15 InnoDB: Starting shutdown...
091216 19:55:16 InnoDB: Shutdown completed; log sequence number 0 44233
091216 19:55:16 [Warning] Forcing shutdown of 1 plugins
091216 19:55:16 [Note] /opt/lampp/sbin/mysqld: Shutdown complete
091216 19:55:16 mysqld_safe mysqld from pid file /opt/lampp/var/mysql/localhost.pid ended
091216 19:55:20 mysqld_safe Starting mysqld daemon with databases from /opt/lampp/var/mysql
091216 19:55:20 [Note] Plugin 'FEDERATED' is disabled.
091216 19:55:20 InnoDB: Started; log sequence number 0 44233
091216 19:55:20 [Note] PrimeBase XT (PBXT) Engine 1.0.08 RC loaded...
091216 19:55:20 [Note] Paul McCullagh, PrimeBase Technologies GmbH,
http://www.primebase.org091216 19:55:20 [Note] Event Scheduler: Loaded 0 events
091216 19:55:20 [Note] /opt/lampp/sbin/mysqld: ready for connections.
Version: '5.1.37' socket: '/opt/lampp/var/mysql/mysql.sock' port: 3306 Source distribution
091216 22:54:22 [Note] /opt/lampp/sbin/mysqld: Normal shutdown
091216 22:54:22 [Note] Event Scheduler: Purging the queue. 0 events
091216 22:54:23 [Note] PrimeBase XT Engine shutdown...
091216 22:54:23 InnoDB: Starting shutdown...
091216 22:54:23 InnoDB: Shutdown completed; log sequence number 0 44233
091216 22:54:23 [Warning] Forcing shutdown of 1 plugins
091216 22:54:23 [Note] /opt/lampp/sbin/mysqld: Shutdown complete
091216 22:54:23 mysqld_safe mysqld from pid file /opt/lampp/var/mysql/localhost.pid ended
091217 12:23:05 mysqld_safe Starting mysqld daemon with databases from /opt/lampp/var/mysql
091217 12:23:06 [Note] Plugin 'FEDERATED' is disabled.
091217 12:23:06 InnoDB: Started; log sequence number 0 44233
091217 12:23:07 [Note] PrimeBase XT (PBXT) Engine 1.0.08 RC loaded...
091217 12:23:07 [Note] Paul McCullagh, PrimeBase Technologies GmbH,
http://www.primebase.org091217 12:23:07 [Note] Event Scheduler: Loaded 0 events
091217 12:23:07 [Note] /opt/lampp/sbin/mysqld: ready for connections.
Version: '5.1.37' socket: '/opt/lampp/var/mysql/mysql.sock' port: 3306 Source distribution
[root@localhost ckosloff]#
Carlos K.