MYSQL Service not starting

[cmcdesign]

Hi,

I have just installed XAMPP on a windows 2003 server running IIS and have changed the Apache port to 8080 to get Apache to run - which is working!!

However, when I attempt to run the MYSQL service it say:

Busy...
MySQL service started

But it does not appear to be running.

Do I need to change any settings for MYSQL to get it to work?

Would appreciate some advice.

Thanks

[npassoc]

I have the same problem. Trying to start the mySQL from the Services control panel gets "Error 1067 The process terminated unexpectely" very quickly. No message is posted in mysql.err.

[cthackers]

cmcdesign, what does "does not appear to be running" mean ? Have you tried connecting to it with a script or phpmyadmin and failed ?
try running a "netstat -a" and see if port 3306 is busy. Or try setting your MySql as Service (from XAMPP Control Panel) and restart the computer.

[npassoc]

In XAMPP control panel, I click on the mySQL "Svc" checkbox and let it install it as a service. If I go into the "Services" control panel I see it. If I click on the "Start" button, it does not start with the error indicated in my previous post, above. No message is logged in the "mysql.err" log.

I tried restarting the machine, normally not necessary and to no avail. If I deinstall it as a service and run it from the XAMPP control panel, presumably as a user task, it runs fine.

Note that the Apache server runs fine as a service. I'm running Windows Server 2003SP 2.