MySQL pid ended (cannot start mysql)

Question

I have a clean install of MySQL (mysql-5.5.24-osx10.6-x86_64). I am on Lion (OS 10.7.4) with a Mac Pro Quad Core. I installed MySQL the GUI installer and also installed the pref pane and the startup item.

However when I run:

sudo ./bin/mysqld_safe

I get this message:

120515 17:58:19 mysqld_safe Logging to '/usr/local/mysql-5.5.24-osx10.6-x86_64/data/Dannys-Mac-Pro.local.err'.
120515 17:58:19 mysqld_safe Starting mysqld daemon with databases from /usr/local/mysql-5.5.24-osx10.6-x86_64/data
120515 17:58:20 mysqld_safe mysqld from pid file /usr/local/mysql-5.5.24-osx10.6-x86_64/data/Dannys-Mac-Pro.local.pid ended

I also cannot start MySQL from the preference pane.

Here is what I have tried so far based on the hours of Googling and research today:

Permissions issues?

This:

cd /usr/local
sudo chown mysql mysql
sudo chown mysql mysql-5.5.24-osx10.6-x86_64
sudo chown _mysql mysql
sudo chown _mysql mysql-5.5.24-osx10.6-x86_64

and

sudo chown -R /usr/local/mysql-5.5.24-osx10.6-x86_64/
sudo chown -R /usr/local/mysql

This:

sudo chown -R root:wheel /Library/StartupItems/MySQLCOM

Link issues?

This:

in /usr/local/mysql/support-files/mysql.server -- I did:

basedir="/usr/local/mysql"
datadir="/usr/local/mysql/data"

In the file /etc/rc.common add the follow line at end: /usr/local/mysql/bin/mysqld_safe --user=mysql &

This:

sudo ln -s /usr/local/mysql-5.5.24-osx10.6-x86_64 /usr/local/mysql

I also tried the removal process here and reinstalled but this did not seem to make a difference. I also launched Activity Monitor in OS X to see if any other mySQL processes were running by chance but they were not.

Nothing above worked so I am sort of at wits end. Here is the log from the .err file located at:

/usr/local/mysql-5.5.24-osx10.6-x86_64/data/Dannys-Mac-Pro.local.err

120515 18:07:43 mysqld_safe mysqld from pid file /usr/local/mysql-5.5.24-osx10.6-x86_64/data/Dannys-Mac-Pro.local.pid ended
120515 18:13:01 mysqld_safe Starting mysqld daemon with databases from /usr/local/mysql-5.5.24-osx10.6-x86_64/data
120515 18:13:01 [Warning] Setting lower_case_table_names=2 because file system for /usr/local/mysql-5.5.24-osx10.6-x86_64/data/ is case insensitive
120515 18:13:01 [Note] Plugin 'FEDERATED' is disabled.
/usr/local/mysql-5.5.24-osx10.6-x86_64/bin/mysqld: Table 'mysql.plugin' doesn't exist
120515 18:13:01 [ERROR] Can't open the mysql.plugin table. Please run mysql_upgrade to create it.
120515 18:13:01 InnoDB: The InnoDB memory heap is disabled
120515 18:13:01 InnoDB: Mutexes and rw_locks use GCC atomic builtins
120515 18:13:01 InnoDB: Compressed tables use zlib 1.2.3
120515 18:13:01 InnoDB: Initializing buffer pool, size = 128.0M
120515 18:13:01 InnoDB: Completed initialization of buffer pool
120515 18:13:01 InnoDB: highest supported file format is Barracuda.
120515 18:13:01  InnoDB: Waiting for the background threads to start
120515 18:13:02 InnoDB: 1.1.8 started; log sequence number 1595675
120515 18:13:02 [ERROR] /usr/local/mysql-5.5.24-osx10.6-x86_64/bin/mysqld: unknown option '--skip-locking'
120515 18:13:02 [ERROR] Aborting

120515 18:13:02  InnoDB: Starting shutdown...
120515 18:13:03  InnoDB: Shutdown completed; log sequence number 1595675
120515 18:13:03 [Note] /usr/local/mysql-5.5.24-osx10.6-x86_64/bin/mysqld: Shutdown complete

120515 18:13:03 mysqld_safe mysqld from pid file /usr/local/mysql-5.5.24-osx10.6-x86_64/data/Dannys-Mac-Pro.local.pid ended

Update: I upgraded the same machine from Snow Leopard to Mountain Lion 10.8.1 and MySQL works perfectly fine now with the upgrade, I had to do nothing extra.

Answer 1

I have the same problem when installing mysql newest version mysql-5.6.10-osx10.7-x86.dmg for my MAC OS 10.7.5. Following is my solutions. First , delete the mysql installed

sudo rm /usr/local/mysql
sudo rm -rf /usr/local/mysql*
sudo rm -rf /Library/StartupItems/MySQLCOM
sudo rm -rf /Library/PreferencePanes/My*
sudo rm -rf ~/Library/PreferencePanes/My*
sudo rm -rf /Library/Receipts/mysql*
sudo rm -rf /Library/Receipts/MySQL*
sudo rm -rf /var/db/receipts/com.mysql.*

Then, get mysql-5.1.68-osx10.6-x86.dmg , install this old version, and done!