ERROR! MySQL manager or server PID file could not be found! QNAP

Question

I am having an issue where MySQL isn\'t starting on my QNAP NAS.

I found this first by not being able to log in through phpMyAdmin - was getting error:

Answer 1

I tried everything above, but saw no results until I got a hint from here: https://superuser.com/questions/159486/how-to-kill-process-in-mac-os-x-and-not-have-it-restart-on-its-own

I eventually went over to the activity monitor in my Mac, force Quit the PID, and ran the command:

sudo /usr/local/mysql/support-files/mysql.server restart

The magic was done!!!