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Please help - connection problem

2015-08-03 18:56:33 - Starting server... 2015-08-03 18:56:33 - Executing '/usr/local/mysql/support-files/mysql.server start' 2015-08-03 18:58:18 - Checking server status... 2015-08-03 18:58:18 - Trying to connect to MySQL... 2015-08-03 18:58:18 - Can't connect to MySQL server on '127.0.0.1' (61) (2003) 2015-08-03 18:58:18 - Assuming server is not running 2015-08-03 18:58:18 - Starting server... 2015-08-03 18:58:18 - Executing '/usr/local/mysql/support-files/mysql.server start' 2015-08-03 18:58:18 - Start server: Starting MySQL

2015-08-03 18:58:18 - Start server: .................................................................................................... ERROR! The server quit without updating PID file (/usr/local/mysql/data/Adams-MacBook-Pro.local.pid).

2015-08-03 18:58:18 - Server start done. 2015-08-03 18:58:18 - Checking server status... 2015-08-03 18:58:18 - Trying to connect to MySQL... 2015-08-03 18:58:18 - Can't connect to MySQL server on '127.0.0.1' (61) (2003) 2015-08-03 18:58:18 - Assuming server is not running

1 Answer

Chris MacDonald
Chris MacDonald
5,166 Points

If you are using Yosemite i managed to get the connection working by using the port 3307 instead of the default 3306. I hope that can help.