mysql connect problem

Hello,

when I try to login via phpmyadmin, I get the following error:

and when I try to start the database:

syslog

can someone help me?
Thanks a lot

 

I have a Debian Sarge installation.
It was already installed when I got the root server. They made a Lamp installation.

and when I want do remove mysql he says the following:

 

It seems as if MySQL isn't installed. Install it now.
It's strange that /var/log/syslog doesn't exist on your Debian system...

 

yes it's very strange

but I am able to start mysql, he gives me an error... so it must be installed.

 

syslog works again

here the error that mysql causes:

 

Please try this:

Code:

apt-get install mysql-server mysql-client libmysqlclient12-dev

 

But I still get the same error

 

What's in /etc/mysql/my.cnf? What's the output of

Code:

netstat -tap

and

Code:

ps aux|grep mysql

?

 

/etc/mysql/my.cnf:

netstat -tap:

 

Looks ok. What's the output of

Code:

ls -la /var/run/mysqld

?

 

ls -la /var/run/mysqld:

 

What's the output of

Code:

ls -la /var/run

?

 

ls -la /var/run :