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OK,<br />
in shell prompt use netstat -n -p | more, then find port 3306. In the same line, you can see process ID (-p switch). kill -TERM ID of process you found. This will force kill the process.<br />

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OK,
in shell prompt use netstat -n -p | more, then find port 3306. In the same line, you can see process ID (-p switch). kill -TERM ID of process you found. This will force kill the process.


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When I tried to start mysql server , it is saying :<br />
&nbsp;./mysqld start<br />
040416 13:42:11 &nbsp;Can't start server: Bind on TCP/IP port: Address already in use<br />
040416 13:42:11 &nbsp;Do you already have another mysqld server running on port: 3306 ?<br />
040416 13:42:11 &nbsp;Aborting<br />
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040416 13:42:11 &nbsp;./mysqld: Shutdown Complete<br />
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I tried to stop the server but it is still giving the same message. <br />
How can I start the server ???<br />
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When I tried to start mysql server , it is saying :
 ./mysqld start
040416 13:42:11  Can't start server: Bind on TCP/IP port: Address already in use
040416 13:42:11  Do you already have another mysqld server running on port: 3306 ?
040416 13:42:11  Aborting

040416 13:42:11  ./mysqld: Shutdown Complete

I tried to stop the server but it is still giving the same message. 
How can I start the server ???
 

mysql installation  on linux machine

The variety of Linux distributions creates myriad issues relating to configuration and operations when computers are networked, not the least of which is the use of various network management applications, some of which are included with specific distributions, while others are standalone applications.