Installed MySQL on a new box, Redhat 7.3, on connecting to the database, I show this in the logs on the server: Number of processes running now: 1 mysqld process hanging, pid 1326 - killed 021030 21:48:25 mysqld restarted /usr/libexec/mysqld: ready for connections This is what I get on the client: # telnet mysql 3306 Trying mysql... Connected to mysql. Escape character is '^]'. Connection closed by foreign host. Running on the command line: # /usr/bin/safe_mysqld --defaults-file=/etc/my.cnf Starting mysqld daemon with databases from /var/lib/mysql /usr/bin/safe_mysqld: line 273: 1434 Segmentation fault $NOHUP_NICENESS $ledir/$MYSQLD $defaults --basedir=$MY_BASEDIR_VERSION --datadir=$DATADIR $USER_OPTION --pid-file=$pid_file --skip-locking >>$err_log 2>&1 Weird part: # telnet localhost 3306 Trying 127.0.0.1... Connected to localhost. Escape character is '^]'. ( 3.23.52D~n.7i.G,Connection closed by foreign host. # mysql -p Enter password: Welcome to the MySQL monitor. Commands end with ; or \g. Your MySQL connection id is 2 to server version: 3.23.52 Type 'help;' or '\h' for help. Type '\c' to clear the buffer. Works on the localhost! Durning the build, I did a make test and all tests passed. -- Bob Tanner <tanner at real-time.com> | Phone : (952)943-8700 http://www.mn-linux.org, Minnesota, Linux | Fax : (952)943-8500 http://www.tcwug.org, Minnesota, Wireless | Coding isn't a crime. Fingerprint: 02E0 2734 A1A1 DBA1 0E15 623D 0036 7327 93D9 7DA3