MySQL Database won't start in XAMPP Manager-osx

Question

I downloaded XAMPP about a month ago and it was working just fine. Today I installed a voice recognition software and then restarted my computer. Ever since, MySQL won\'t st

Answer 1

I have same problem and get this error in hostname.err in directory /Applications/XAMPP/xamppfiles/var/mysql

2016-09-06 15:32:45 140735322399488 [Note] Plugin 'FEEDBACK' is disabled. 2016-09-06 15:32:45 140735322399488 [Note] Heuristic crash recovery mode 2016-09-06 15:32:45 140735322399488 [Note] Please restart mysqld without --tc-heuristic-recover 2016-09-06 15:32:45 140735322399488 [ERROR] Can't init tc log 2016-09-06 15:32:45 140735322399488 [ERROR] Aborting

2016-09-06 15:32:48 20004 mysqld_safe mysqld from pid file /Applications/XAMPP/xamppfiles/var/mysql/hostname.pid ended

Then I removed tc.log and It works fine after restart mysql through manager-osx

Answer 2

It can cause because of the software you installed or may be any other software which is using the same port 3306. This 3306 port is used by the Mysql in XAMPP. Similar kind of problem I faced for Apache. I was running skype and trying to run the XAMPP but the skype uses the same port as Apache so it was not working. Then I sign out from skype then the port was free and the apache started. So you should look for the software in you laptop which is blocking or making busy this port. Free that port by closing the software and then run XAMPP and It will work.

Answer 3

Try this, sudo service mysql stop it will stop any other mysql services and then restart xampp

Answer 4

I first couldn't manage to kill mysql daemon with the commands posted here. So I remembered my linux times and did the following:

I monitored the running processes by running top in one terminal window. Then I killed mysqld via sudo killall mysqld (screw the PID ;-) ) in another and restarted via sudo /Applications/XAMPP/xamppfiles/bin/mysql.server start.

Answer 5

I am running XAMPP 5.6.3-0 for OS X Yosemite 10.10.2 and ran into the same issue twice, the first time was with Mavericks. With a bunch of different solutions to the issue with MySQL Database not starting using Manager App I wanted to confirm what had worked for me. The workaround that always worked and forced MySQL to start was by opening Terminal and using: sudo /Applications/XAMPP/xamppfiles/bin/mysql.server start I had the Manager App open and started ProFTPD and Apache and then ran the sudo command.

The other suggestion by wishap that worked was to locate /Applications/XAMPP/xamppfiles/etc/my.cnf file and change the permissions for "everyone" to Read only.

The other problem I had that seems to be another issue with many solutions is the problem after everything is started then entering localhost which brings me to the xampp splash screen and then nothing. The only thing that worked for me, to at the very least, to access the phpMyAdmin page is by entering localhost/phpmyadmin

I hope this helps others reading through a bunch of threads for an answer.

Regards, Erik

Answer 6

try these two line from terminal

1. sudo killall mysqld
2. sudo /Applications/XAMPP/xamppfiles/bin/mysql.server start