[TriLUG] MySQL Server Startup Problem

[Jon Carnes]

>   It use to be that I could then hit Cntrl-C to get back to a prompt.
>   But now this does not work, and I Have To find out what the problem is.
>   Is anybody familiar with this mistake?
>   Heck, I don't even know what to do now to get back to a prompt or get
> out of this cleanly. I hate to just hit cntrl-alt-del.
>
If you are at the console, you should be able to go to an alternate screen 
by pressing Alt-F2 (or Alt-F3,...).  Login as root and then use ps -aux to 
find the rogue process and kill to stop it.

Jon