mysql is dead but subsys locked

Question

I am using PHP-mysql on Linux (RHEL 5.0) For First Time
When I tried to connect to MySQL from my PHP Script using mysqli_connect.
It Displayed

Answer 1

Rebooting the server worked for me. Please remember to start all the services once you reboot in case you haven't added 'chkconfig' for them, lets say httpd, named and mysql.