> ln -s /var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock /tmp/mysql.sock
>
> service mysql start or service mysql start# Start your mysql server
/etc/init.d/mysql startservice mysql start
# this saved my ass
# first you must perform a graceful shutdown of the server from the command line rather than powering off the server
shutdown -h now
# an additional method for getting it back up again when you run into this problem is to move mysql.sock
# to centos
mv /var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock /var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock.bak
# to ubuntu
mv /var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock /var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock.bak
# restart mysql
service mysqld startsudo apt-get install mysql-server
#/usr/sbin/mysqld --defaults-file=/etc/mysql/my.cnf --basedir=/usr --datadir=/var/lib/mysql --pid-file=/var/run/mysqld/mysqld.pid --socket=/var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock