Solving "XAMPP: Couldn't start MySQL !"

Uninstall the lampp that comes with Ubuntu server and install XAMPP. After startup, MySQL cannot be started.

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Trying to run MySQL on Ubuntu 10.10 and give this vauge error"XAMPP: couldn't start MySQL!"

Try this

1. Open a terminal.
2. Run this commandSudo chown-HR root/opt/lampp
3. Then run thisSudo chmod-r 777/opt/lampp
4. Now restart XAMPPSudo/opt/lampp restart

U are all set.

And if u r getting the follwing warning after restarting
"Warning: World-Writable Config File '/opt/lampp/etc/My. CNF' is ignored"

1. Open Terminal
2. migrate to/opt/lampp/etc
3. Run the commandSudo chmod 755 my. CNF
Now restart lampp