mysqle doesn't work

[Orville Bennett]

i'm getting this error, and consequently no collection,

10/20/08 8:57:35 AM [0x0-0x12c12c].Amarok[54604]  
amarok:                [ERROR!] Could not connect to mysql!
10/20/08 8:57:35 AM [0x0-0x12c12c].Amarok[54604]  
amarok:                [ERROR!] GREPME MySQLe query failed! Can't  
connect to local MySQL server through socket '/tmp/mysql.sock' (2)   
on  "na"
10/20/08 8:57:35 AM [0x0-0x12c12c].Amarok[54604]  
amarok:                Initialized thread, count== 1
10/20/08 8:57:35 AM [0x0-0x12c12c].Amarok[54604]  
amarok:                [ERROR!] Tried to perform query on  
uninitialized MySQLe
10/20/08 8:57:35 AM [0x0-0x12c12c].Amarok[54604] amarok: BEGIN: void  
DatabaseUpdater::update()
10/20/08 8:57:35 AM [0x0-0x12c12c].Amarok[54604]  
amarok:                  [ERROR!] Tried to perform query on  
uninitialized MySQLe
10/20/08 8:57:35 AM [0x0-0x12c12c].Amarok[54604] amarok: BEGIN: void  
DatabaseUpdater::createTables() const
10/20/08 8:57:35 AM [0x0-0x12c12c].Amarok[54604]  
amarok:                    [ERROR!] Tried to perform query on  
uninitialized MySQLe
10/20/08 8:57:35 AM [0x0-0x12c12c].Amarok[54604]  
amarok:                    [ERROR!] Tried to perform query on  
uninitialized MySQLe