mysql-error-2002

I had MySQL running fine on my Mac till earlier today when I installed homebrew and also updated my Path. When I try to run mysql from my ternimal window now, I get the following error: ERROR 2002 (HY000): Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket '/tmp/mysql.sock' (2) I can't connect MySQLAdmin either. I can't even run Mysqld. The error I get when trying to run mysqld is that it can't create test file. I also tried to telnet localhost 3306 and wasn't able to connect. Any help would be appreciated as I am fairly new to Mac. Basically, all you have to do is: Go to "System Preferences"

I installed MySQL on my Mac OS 10.6 about a week ago, and, after some playing around, got it to work just fine. It integrated with python MySQLdb and I also got Sequel Pro to connect to the database. However, php wouldn't access the server. Even after I added a php.ini file to /etc/ and directed it toward the same sock that Sequel Pro was using: /tmp/mysql.sock. But now I can't access the local server at all. As far as I can tell, there is no mysql.sock file anywhere on my computer, not in /tmp/ or anywhere else. I can start the mysql server from Terminal, but it logs me out automatically

ERROR 2002 (HY000): Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket '/var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock' (2) I tried everything I found on internet, but cannot solve the problem on Ubuntu 11.04. I tried these things: started mysqld manually using sudo /usr/sbin/mysqld start started mysqld using service mysqld start Checked it is running using ps ax | grep mysqld and got result 3419 pts/0 S+ 0:00 grep --color=auto mysqld created the file manually at /var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock Gave rights to mysql user Tried to remove and re-install but it still do not work Tried tasksel to configure LAMP, every

I have been through lots of forums and checked various posts on similar topic but non seems to work out for me. I have freshly installed XAMPP 1.7.7 on my Ubuntu 11.10 Operating system. Everything is running except for the phpMyAdmin. Upon hitting: http://localhost/phpmyadmin , I am getting the following error: MySQL said: #2002 - The server is not responding (or the local MySQL server's socket is not correctly configured) Connection for controluser as defined in your configuration failed. When i am starting the services with: sudo /opt/lampp/lampp start I am getting the following: XAMPP: