Mysql server on MAMP won't start

Question

My Mysql server on MAMP won\'t start. This is the error:

161224 00:15:00 mysqld_safe Logging to \'/Applications/MAMP/logs/mysql_error_log.err\'. 16

Answer 1

My MAMPs MySQL stopped working after a power failure, this worked for me:

1. Stop servers from terminal

   • cd /Applications/MAMP/bin
   • ./stop.sh

2. Create my.cnf file in /Applications/MAMP/conf with the following: [mysqld] innodb_force_recovery = 1

3. Start MySQL from same terminal window.

   • ./startMysql.sh

4. Stop MySQL once it has recovered (Check the log in /Applications/MAMP/logs/mysql_error_log.err).

   • ./stopMysql.sh

5. Remove the lines from my.cnf, save and start the servers as usual from the MAMP app.