I got the same error after installing the latest 5.x beta version even though I thought the server was running according to the preference pane. A reboot fixed this. Regards, Rob. On 20 Apr 2005, at 18:21, Long, Jason wrote: > > Hey > Has anyone here had a successful MySQL installtion on Mac OS X > 10.3.9?? I keep on getting the "Can't connect to tmp Sock" error...Do > I > need to buy new socks or what? It only happens when I reboot after a > clean install of MySQL. Tho it does work when I have the server version > installed, but not the OS any ideas??? Thanks! > > Jason Long > longj at insanityabounds.com > http://insanityabounds.com