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 had the same issue. It turns out I added incorrect variables to the my.cnf file. Once I removed them and restarted mysql started with no issue.