Xampp Won't Startup MySQL server on Mac OSX?

Question

I\'m on a Mac OSX Mountain Lion. Xampp won\'t let me start MySQL server.

I have set the permissions to Read/Write for everyone and every file in the XAMPP folder.

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Answer 1

you can check if any instance of mysql is running by executing in the terminal

sudo ps aux | grep mysql

this will list any processes that have mysql in their name.

_mysql          18943   0,0  0,5  2514608  20340 s008  S+    5:46am   0:00.07   /opt/local/libexec/mysqld --basedir=/opt/local --datadir=/opt/local/var/db/mysql5 --  user=_mysql --log-error=/opt/local/var/db/mysql5/Max-NB.local.err --pid-  file=/opt/local/var/db/mysql5/Max-NB.local.pid
root            18900   0,0  0,1  2439964   2592 s008  S+    5:46am   0:00.15 /bin/sh   /opt/local/bin/mysqld_safe5
root            18899   0,0  0,1  2439396   2616 s008  S+    5:46am   0:00.02 sudo   mysqld_safe5

you may then terminate the process by executing

sudo killall mysqld_safe5

you should replace "mysqld_safe5" by the name of your mysql process. It is most likely "mysqld".

After that you could try to restart your server and check if it works.