debugging mysqle -- anyone had success?

[Jeff Mitchell]

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Edward Hades wrote:
> On Sunday 15 March 2009 17:23:46 Kevin Funk wrote:
>> See: http://bugs.mysql.com/bug.php?id=30994
>>
>> Fix: --defaults-file must be the first option
> 
> Hmm, I thought I fixed that on the wiki...
> 

Also, it turns out my my.cnf is a 0-byte file.  And I get this:

jeff at macncheese:~/.kde/share/apps/amarok$ mysqld
- --default-storage-engine=MyISAM --datadir=`pwd`/mysqle
- --socket=`pwd`/sock --skip-grant-tables
090315 17:59:36 [Warning] Can't create test file
/home/jeff/.kde/share/apps/amarok/mysqle/macncheese.lower-test
090315 17:59:36 [Warning] Can't create test file
/home/jeff/.kde/share/apps/amarok/mysqle/macncheese.lower-test
090315 17:59:36 [Warning] One can only use the --user switch if running
as root

090315 17:59:36  InnoDB: Operating system error number 13 in a file
operation.
InnoDB: The error means mysqld does not have the access rights to
InnoDB: the directory.
InnoDB: File name ./ibdata1
InnoDB: File operation call: 'open'.
InnoDB: Cannot continue operation.


Anyone had luck?

- --Jeff
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