Starting MySQL… ERROR! The server quit without updating PID file
Sometimes you may see this error in your server. But don’t panic, just rename or move away the /etc/my.cnf in your server, and try to restart the MySQLd again.
[[email protected]:～ ] $ service mysqld start Starting MySQL... ERROR! The server quit without updating PID file (/var/lib/mysql/server.pelayan.com.pid). [[email protected]:～ ] $ mv /etc/my.cnf /etc/my.cnf.old [[email protected]:～ ] $ service mysqld restart Shutting down MySQL.... SUCCESS! Starting MySQL.. SUCCESS! [[email protected]:～ ] $
Most of the time happen while upgrading MySQL version
Stopping mysqld ... Shutting down MySQL.... SUCCESS! Upgrading MySQL 5.0 to 5.5 Preparing... ########################################### [100%] 1:MySQL-shared ########################################### [ 25%] 2:MySQL-client ########################################### [ 50%] 3:MySQL-devel ########################################### [ 75%] 4:MySQL-server ########################################### [100%] Starting MySQL... ERROR! The server quit without updating PID file (/var/lib/my sql/server.pelayan.com.pid).