error: 'Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket '/var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock' (2)' — Missing /var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock

Question

My problem started off with me not being able to log in as root any more on my mysql install. I was attempting to run mysql without passwords turned on... but whenever I

Answer 1

I would also check the mysql configuration. I was running into this problem with my own server but I was a bit too hasty and misconfigured the innodb_buffer_pool_size for my machine.

innodb_buffer_pool_size = 4096M

It usually runs fine up to 2048 but I guess I don't have the memory necessary to support 4 gigs.

I imagine this could also happen with other mysql configuration settings.