On Friday 30 March 2012 02:59:22 David C. Rankin wrote: > On 03/29/2012 06:36 PM, Serghei Amelian wrote: > > On Friday 30 March 2012 02:32:00 David C. Rankin wrote: > >> On 03/29/2012 06:20 PM, Serghei Amelian wrote: > >>> If the connection is refused, then the database daemon is not running > >>> or don't listen on tcp port. > >> > >> No it's kbardcode this time -- it's broken. I can type 'mysql -uuser -p' > >> in konsole and I log right into the database. But running kbarcode, it > >> fails to connect -- at all. > > > > Try mysql -h 127.0.0.1 -uuser -p > > localhost works fine, but 127.0.0.1 doesn't: > > http://www.3111skyline.com/dl/dt/trinity/ss/kbarcode-mysql.jpg > > What gives?? Your mysql is not listening on tcp port. Open /etc/my.conf and comment "skip-networking". Also, check if you have "bind-address = 127.0.0.1" -- Serghei