MySQL Error

I'm having issues with MySQL... I have installed Ubuntu Dapper LAMP Server and after installation MySQL works, then I setup my Hosts file and networking etc... and after I restart I get this:

Code:

root@mail:~# mysql
ERROR 2002 (HY000): Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket '/tmp/mysql.sock' (2)
root@mail:~#

I have re-installed 3 times already, and been up and down google and I have yet to find an answer, can anyone help?

 

What's the output of

Code:

netstat -tap

and

Code:

ps aux | grep mysql

?
What's in /etc/mysql/my.cnf?

 

netstat -tap:

ps aux | grep mysql:

/etc/mysql/my.cnf:

 

Looks ok. Can you connect using

Code:

mysql -u root -p

?

 

Well it askes for a password, but the mysql client is trying to connect via /tmp/mysql.sock

and the sock file is in /var/run/mysqld/mysql.sock

so I set that in webmin, and it works... in webmin that is, but thats all I need, its also fine on port 3306, so alls good.