Couldn't start MySQL! while starting XAMPP

Question

I am new in Ubuntu, I installed XAMPP in my Ubuntu 10.04. When I start XAMPP it says MySQL couldn\'t start.

Here is my terminal ouput:

$ sudo /opt/lampp/         


        

Answer 1

XAMPP started successfully on my side, but still got stuck at spalsh screen. It was solved by giving permission to lang.tmp file

sudo chmod 777 /opt/lampp/htdocs/xampp/lang.tmp