title: Can't get MySQL to start
body: <p>I can't get my MySQL Sever to start. It had been running fine for a month or so since the install, but after a reboot yesterday, it will not start. I have tried a number of recommendations from other posts here, but no luck. </p>
  
  <p>This install worked fine until the reboot. According to Activity Monitor I do have one mysqld process running. </p>
  
  <p>I get this error from: 
  mysql -u root
  "ERROR 2002 (HY000): Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket '/tmp/mysql.sock' (2)"</p>
  
  <p>I get this error when running: 
  sudo /usr/local/mysql/support-files/mysql.server start
  "ERROR! The server quit without updating PID file (/usr/local/mysql/data/laptop.pid)."</p>
  
  <p>Also the MySQL prerPane shows the Server Status stopped. Clicking the "Start MySQL Server" brings the spinning ball and doesn't start the server. </p>
  
  <p>I don't want to uninstall and reinstall. </p>
  
  <p>I'm running 10.9.6 OSX and what seems to be mysql-5.6.22-osx10.8-x86_64. (even though I also have a directory for mysql-5.7.10-osx10.9-x86_64 in my /usr/local/ directory). My install is from the Pkg file from the MySQL website. </p>
  
  <p>Any suggestions would be welcome. </p>