title: unable to start mysql after installing with homebrew
body: <p>I have a Mac Air with OS X 10.6.8 (10K540) and homebrew 0.8. I have installed MySql with <code>brew install mysql</code>. I have followed the instructions given by homebrew, specifically:</p>
  
  <pre><code>unset TMPDIR
  mysql_install_db --verbose --user=`whoami` --basedir="$(brew --prefix mysql)" --datadir=/usr/local/var/mysql --tmpdir=/tmp
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>The problem now is starting the server. Homebrew says start mysqld manually with <code>mysql.server start</code>. When I try that, I get an error:</p>
  
  <blockquote>
    <p>The server quit without updating PID file (/usr/local/var/mysql/MICHAEL-ZELLMANNs-MacBook-Air.local.pid)</p>
  </blockquote>
  
  <p>After doing some more research, I tried:</p>
  
  <pre><code>unset TMPDIR
  mysql_install_db
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>But that gave me a FATAL_ERROR.</p>
  
  <pre><code>./bin/my_print_defaults
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Some more data:</p>
  
  <pre><code>which mysql yields /usr/local/bin/mysql
  mysql --version yields mysql  Ver 14.14 Distrib 5.5.14, for osx10.6 (i386) using  EditLine wrapper
  </code></pre>