MySQL is running; I can access the databases through PHPMyAdmin.
The mysql.sock file is also present in the directory as the path shows in the error.
The error file from that directory shows the following:
060824 09:41:02 mysqld started
060824 9:41:03 [Warning] Setting lower_case_table_names=2 because file system for /Applications/xampp/xamppfiles/var/mysql/ is case insensitive
InnoDB: The first specified data file ./ibdata1 did not exist:
InnoDB: a new database to be created!
060824 9:41:03 InnoDB: Setting file ./ibdata1 size to 10 MB
InnoDB: Database physically writes the file full: wait...
060824 9:41:03 InnoDB: Log file ./ib_logfile0 did not exist: new to be created
InnoDB: Setting log file ./ib_logfile0 size to 5 MB
InnoDB: Database physically writes the file full: wait...
060824 9:41:03 InnoDB: Log file ./ib_logfile1 did not exist: new to be created
InnoDB: Setting log file ./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
060824 9:41:03 InnoDB: Started; log sequence number 0 0
060824 9:41:03 [Note] /Applications/xampp/xamppfiles/sbin/mysqld: ready for connections.
Version: '5.0.15' socket: '/Applications/xampp/xamppfiles/var/mysql/mysql.sock' port: 3306 Source distribution
060824 9:42:30 [Note] /Applications/xampp/xamppfiles/sbin/mysqld: Normal shutdown
060824 9:42:30 InnoDB: Starting shutdown...
060824 9:42:33 InnoDB: Shutdown completed; log sequence number 0 43655
060824 9:42:33 [Note] /Applications/xampp/xamppfiles/sbin/mysqld: Shutdown complete
060824 09:42:33 mysqld ended
060824 09:53:05 mysqld started
060824 9:53:05 [Warning] Setting lower_case_table_names=2 because file system for /Applications/xampp/xamppfiles/var/mysql/ is case insensitive
060824 9:53:06 InnoDB: Started; log sequence number 0 43655
060824 9:53:06 [Note] /Applications/xampp/xamppfiles/sbin/mysqld: ready for connections.
Version: '5.0.15' socket: '/Applications/xampp/xamppfiles/var/mysql/mysql.sock' port: 3306 Source distribution
Anyone have ideas as to what's going wrong?