If you upgraded to OS X Leopard and are running MySQL from the MySQL.com installer[^1^](#fn1){#fnref1 .footnote-ref role=”doc-noteref”}, you might be having some problems with starting it from the GUI interface. There isn’t a fix from MySQL yet, so to get around that… you can run it from the command-line.
Start MySQL from the command line
cd /usr/local/mysql; ./bin/mysqld_safe &
This should get MySQL up and running for you. If someone wants to share a tip on how to get this to start automatically on reboot, please post a comment and I’ll help get the word out.
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I didn't have this problem as I [installed MySQL via
MacPorts](http://www.robbyonrails.com/articles/2007/06/19/installing-ruby-on-rails-and-postgresql-on-os-x-second-edition..).
but this came up for a few members of [PLANET
ARGON](http://planetargon.com) after they upgraded to
Leopard.[↩︎](#fnref1){.footnote-back role="doc-backlink"}
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