ERROR 2002 (HY000): Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket '/var/run/mysqld/mysql.sock' (2)

Question

I\'m getting this error

ERROR 2002 (HY000): Can\'t connect to local MySQL server through socket \'/var/run/mysqld/mysql.sock\' (2)

even though

Answer 1

I have follow Wellington Lorindo posting. And My problem was solved.

Steps 1. run in terminal

ps ax | grep mysql

Result was

11200 ? Ssl 0:01 /usr/sbin/mysqld

11514 pts/0 S+ 0:00 grep mysql

Steps 2. Again type this

sudo service mysql start

And problem solved.

Thanks Wellington Lorindo