PID error on mysql.server start?

Question

I\'ve just tried installing MySQL using homebrew (on Mac OS X 10.6), but I\'ve run across an issue at the first hurdle. When trying to manually start the server (mysql.serve

Answer 1

It appears that for whatever reason I can't comment below Immendes above, but on 10.8.2 with mySQL 5.6.10, in addition to verifying the db_install and adding the my.cnf, I also had to chown -R myusername /tmp/mysql.sock.

It appears that allowing mySQL to run under the user (as apposed to root or www as I woudl do on linux) is not the best idea in this regard (though Homebrew could update the formula -- beyond my scope and time).