I just unpacked the mysql binaries and followed the instructions in the INSTALL..something file, but I can't get it to run. below is the output of the script scripts/mysql_install_db and of bin/mysqlbug

thanks for any help/advice/tips

Jeroen Bruinink

begin mysql_install_db

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Preparing db table Preparing host table Preparing user table Preparing func table Preparing tables_priv table Preparing columns_priv table Installing all prepared tables mysqld got signal 11; This could be because you hit a bug. It is also possible that this binary or one of the libraries it was linked agaist is corrupt, improperly built, or misconfigured. This error can also be caused by malfunctioning hardware. We will try our best to scrape up some info that will hopefully help diagnose the problem, but since we have already crashed, something is definitely wrong and this may fail

key_buffer_size=8388600 record_buffer=131072 sort_buffer=2097144 max_used_connections=0 max_connections=100 threads_connected=0 It is possible that mysqld could use up to key_buffer_size + (record_buffer + sort_buffer)*max_connections = 225791 K bytes of memory Hope that's ok, if not, decrease some variables in the equation

Attempting backtrace. You can use the following information to find out where mysqld died. If you see no messages after this, something went terribly wrong... Bogus stack limit or frame pointer, fp=0xbffff028, stack_bottom=0x7bcebb90, thread_stack=65536, aborting backtrace. Trying to get some variables. Some pointers may be invalid and cause the dump to abort... thd->query at 0x7ab0a610 is invalid pointer thd->thread_id=1650812960

Successfully dumped variables, if you ran with --log, take a look at the details of what thread 1650812960 did to cause the crash. In some cases of really bad corruption, the values shown above may be invalid

The manual page at http://www.mysql.com/doc/C/r/Crashing.html contains information that should help you find out what is causing the crash Installation of grant tables failed!

Examine the logs in ./data for more information. You can also try to start the mysqld daemon with: ./bin/mysqld --skip-grant & You can use the command line tool ./bin/mysql to connect to the mysql database and look at the grant tables:

shell> ./bin/mysql -u root mysql mysql> show tables

Try 'mysqld --help' if you have problems with paths. Using --log gives you a log in ./data that may be helpful.

The latest information about MySQL is available on the web at http://www.mysql.com Please consult the MySQL manual section: 'Problems running mysql_install_db', and the manual section that describes problems on your OS. Another information source is the MySQL email archive. Please check all of the above before mailing us! And if you do mail us, you MUST use the ./bin/mysqlbug script!

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end mysql_install_db

begin mysqlbug

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<machine, os, target, libraries (multiple lines)> System: Linux cartewn 2.4.16 #1 SMP Fri Dec 28 22:31:59 CET 2001 i686 unknown Architecture: i686

Some paths: /usr/bin/perl /usr/bin/make /usr/bin/gcc /usr/bin/cc GCC: Reading specs from /usr/lib/gcc-lib/i686-pc-linux-gnu/2.95.3/specs gcc version 2.95.3 20010315 (release) Compilation info: CC='gcc' CFLAGS='-O3 -mpentium ' CXX='gcc' CXXFLAGS='-O3 -mpentium -felide-constructors' LDFLAGS='-static' LIBC: lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 13 Dec 25 21:06 /lib/libc.so.6 -> libc-2.2.4.so -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 5019351 Dec 25 21:06 /lib/libc-2.2.4.so -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 25018802 Dec 25 21:03 /usr/lib/libc.a -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 178 Dec 25 21:04 /usr/lib/libc.so Configure command: ./configure --prefix=/usr/local/mysql '--with-comment=Official MySQL binary' --with-extra-charsets=complex --with-server-suffix= --enable-thread- safe-client --enable-assembler --with-mysqld-ldflags=-all-static --with-clie nt-ldflags=-all-static --disable-shared

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