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 know this is an older post, but I ran into the ERROR! MySQL server PID file could not be found! when trying to start MySQL after making an update to my.cnf file. I did the following to resolve the issue:

1. Deleted my experimental update to my.cnf

2. Deleted the .net.pid and .net.err files.

delete /usr/local/var/mysql/****-MBP.airstreamcomm.net.*

3. Ensured all MySQL processes are stopped.

ps -ax | grep mysql
kill ****

4. Started MySQL server as normal.

mysql.server start