MAMP mysql server won't start. No mysql processes are running

Question

My MAMP mysql server won\'t start. All of the suggestions I\'ve seen on the web say to check for other mysqld processes running and kill them if they exist, and that it shou

Answer 1

I just ran this in terminal: sudo killall -9 mysqld and then I force quit MAMP. Reopen Mamp and everything works perfectly.

Sometimes, just turning off and restarting your computer does the trick.

Answer 2

Im posting this as a potensial Answer!

What i did to solve this was the following:

1. Restart the computer ( to make sure no mysqld processes are running, even if it crashed and tries to restart itself)
2. Delete everything that has anything to do with mysql on the computer by running these commands:

   sudo rm /usr/local/mysql
   sudo rm -rf /usr/local/mysql*
   sudo rm -rf /Library/StartupItems/MySQLCOM
   sudo rm -rf /Library/PreferencePanes/MySQL*
   vim /etc/hostconfig and removed the line MYSQLCOM=-YES-
   rm -rf ~/Library/PreferencePanes/MySQL*
   sudo rm -rf /Library/Receipts/mysql*
   sudo rm -rf /Library/Receipts/MySQL*
   sudo rm -rf /var/db/receipts/com.mysql.*

3. Delete MAMP by running the MAMP PRO uninstaller, then deleting the applications/MAMP folder
4. Delete the Library/Application Support/appsolute folder (MAMP application support folder)
5. Reinstall MAMP PRO

Hopefully this helps :)