MySQLdb 'server not initialized'

[wes weston]

Daniel Baggott wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I'm seeking assistance in troubleshooting connecting to MySQL (4.0.20)
> using Python (2.3.4) and MySQLdb (1.0.0).  When I attempt to make a
> connection, I get the following exception:
>    _mysql_exceptions.InternalError: (-1, 'server not initialized')
> 
> The database is definitely running as I can connect to it using the
> mysql client.  Also, when I attempt to connect to MySQL from within
> Python, I don't see any messages in the MySQL logs (ie the .log and .err
> files in /usr/local/mysql/data/).
> 
> Does anyone have any advice or suggestions as to how to figure out
> what's going wrong?  Also, if there's a better forum for posting this
> question, please point me in the right direction.
> 
> Thanks!
> 
> Dan
> 
> 
> [baggott2 at goingto baggott2]$ python
> Python 2.3.4 (#1, Jul 26 2004, 15:14:49)
> [GCC 3.2.3 20030502 (Red Hat Linux 3.2.3-34)] on linux2
> Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
> 
>>>>import MySQLdb
>>>>c =
> 
> MySQLdb.connect(host='localhost',user='gbd',passwd='xxxxxxx',db='zinc')
> Traceback (most recent call last):
>   File "<stdin>", line 1, in ?
>   File "/usr/local/lib/python2.3/site-packages/MySQLdb/__init__.py",
> line 64, in Connect
>     return apply(Connection, args, kwargs)
>   File "/usr/local/lib/python2.3/site-packages/MySQLdb/connections.py",
> line 116, in __init__
>     self._make_connection(args, kwargs2)
>   File "/usr/local/lib/python2.3/site-packages/MySQLdb/connections.py",
> line 41, in _make_connection
>     apply(super(ConnectionBase, self).__init__, args, kwargs)
> _mysql_exceptions.InternalError: (-1, 'server not initialized')
> 
> 
> 
> [baggott2 at goingto baggott2]$ mysql -h localhost -u gbd -p
> Enter password:
> Welcome to the MySQL monitor.  Commands end with ; or \g.
> Your MySQL connection id is 9 to server version: 4.0.20-standard-log
>  
> Type 'help;' or '\h' for help. Type '\c' to clear the buffer.
>  
> mysql> show databases;
> +----------+
> | Database |
> +----------+
> | zinc     |
> +----------+
> 1 row in set (0.00 sec)
>  
> mysql> Bye
> [baggott2 at goingto baggott2]$
> 
> 
Daniel,
   I have these two additional args in my connect call:
            port=3306,unix_socket="/tmp/mysql.sock"
wes