MySQL Error 2002

[brisingre]

My site, a phpbb forum, is throwing an error I have no idea how to deal with.

Here's the error:

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General Error

SQL ERROR [ mysqli ]

Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket '/var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock' (13) [2002]

An sql error occurred while fetching this page. Please contact an administrator if this problem persists.





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PhpMyAdmin gives a very similar error. I honestly have very little idea how to use MySQL. I can repair tables, (which I have done, it didn't help.) Beyond that, I'm a newbie. Sorry. The only advice I've found on the error seems to think it's a conflict with a file called my.cnf, but I don't know where this file would be or if I even have access to it, as X10hosting set up my MySQL databases. My website is theebondawn.x10hosting.com. Anybody have any advice?

Thanks so much!
-Bris

 

[danbalthasar]

MySQL isn't working for most people it seems. It's part of the server upgrades going on. Try to hold tight - I'm on Stoli and have been having this same problem for a few days now. Hopefully it won't be much longer.

 

[brisingre]

Kay, thanks!

 

[Fishbowl444]

I'm actually having the same problem.

mySQL error number: 2002
mySQL error message: Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket '/var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock' (13)

I can't access the forum or the wiki (which both run on MySQL databases).

 

[brisingre]

Apparently Stoli, and maybe the other free servers, have busted MySQL at the moment. They're trying to fix it.