MySQL Plugin 'FEDERATED' disabled?

[pDingus]

Not sure what this error means.

I'm using XAMPP 1.8.2 on Windows 7 64-bit. I am using the Control Panel 3.2.1.

I installed XAMPP just to have a php development environment but already had apache. I uninstalled XAMPP and re-installed with just Apache and PHP in the hopes that I could use it as is with Microsoft SQL Server (which I'd prefer to use). After downloading and attempting to find the proper directory for several 'missing' dll files, I gave up, uninstalled MSSQL Server, uninstalled XAMPP and reinstalled XAMPP with apache, php, and mysql. Now I'm getting a MySQL error:

130629 22:29:18 [Note] Plugin 'FEDERATED' is disabled.
130629 22:29:18 InnoDB: The InnoDB memory heap is disabled
130629 22:29:18 InnoDB: Mutexes and rw_locks use Windows interlocked functions
130629 22:29:18 InnoDB: Compressed tables use zlib 1.2.3
130629 22:29:18 InnoDB: Initializing buffer pool, size = 16.0M
130629 22:29:18 InnoDB: Completed initialization of buffer pool
130629 22:29:18 InnoDB: highest supported file format is Barracuda.
130629 22:29:18 InnoDB: Waiting for the background threads to start
130629 22:29:19 InnoDB: 5.5.32 started; log sequence number 1595675
130629 22:29:19 [Note] Server hostname (bind-address): '0.0.0.0'; port: 3306
130629 22:29:19 [Note] - '0.0.0.0' resolves to '0.0.0.0';
130629 22:29:19 [Note] Server socket created on IP: '0.0.0.0'.
130629 22:29:19 [ERROR] Can't start server: Bind on TCP/IP port: No such file or directory
130629 22:29:19 [ERROR] Do you already have another mysqld server running on port: 3306 ?
130629 22:29:19 [ERROR] Aborting

130629 22:29:19 InnoDB: Starting shutdown...
130629 22:29:20 InnoDB: Shutdown completed; log sequence number 1595675
130629 22:29:20 [Note] c:\xampp\mysql\bin\mysqld.exe: Shutdown complete

Really not savvy enough to decipher a lot of that but perhaps someone could help (at this point, the lasso things that happened were XAMPP being installed again and THEN MSSQL Server being uninstalled. Do I need to uninstall and reinstall XAMPP again to remove the conflict on port 3306?)

[hackattack142]

Hello,

It seems to be saying you already having something running using port 3306. Do you have any other MySQL servers installed/running or anything else using that port?

Could you post the contents of the XAMPP Control Panel log window?

[pDingus]

10:29:18 PM [mysql] Attempting to start MySQL app...
10:29:18 PM [mysql] Status change detected: running
10:29:20 PM [mysql] Status change detected: stopped
10:29:20 PM [mysql] Error: MySQL shutdown unexpectedly.
10:29:20 PM [mysql] This may be due to a blocked port, missing dependencies,
10:29:20 PM [mysql] improper privileges, a crash, or a shutdown by another method.
10:29:20 PM [mysql] Press the Logs button to view error logs and check
10:29:20 PM [mysql] the Windows Event Viewer for more clues
10:29:20 PM [mysql] If you need more help, copy and post this
10:29:20 PM [mysql] entire log window on the forums

There's the control panel log.

Since I only just uninstalled MSSQL Server which was working on port 3306, I'm going to try restarting my computer to see if it fixes the issue.

[Altrea]

Hi pDingus,

Since I only just uninstalled MSSQL Server which was working on port 3306

Your MSSQL server was working on Port 3306? This is very uncommon. The default port for MSSQL is 1433.

We need the contents of your \xampp\mysql\data\mysql_error.log

best wishes,
Altrea

[hackattack142]

Could you post the entire Control Panel log window since it opened and not just the small snippet?