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

Just run mysqld (don't run as root) from your terminal. Your mysql server will restart and reset everything like shown in the picture below:

And use a command like so:

mysql -u root -h 127.0.0.1