Created attachment 534169 [details] The relevant extract from /var/log/messages Description of problem: In Fedoraq 15, mysqld used to appear in system-config-services. Since I installed Fedora 16, it does not appear there. When I try to start mysql using systemctl, it fails. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): 5.5.16-3 How reproducible: Just try to start mysql server with systemctl Steps to Reproduce: 1. sudo tail -f /var/log/messages 2. sudo systemctl start mysqld.service Actual results: The service fails to start. Output of the command is: Job failed. See system logs and 'systemctl status' for details. Expected results: mysql server starts normally Additional info: sudo systemctl status mysqld.service mysqld.service - MySQL database server Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/mysqld.service; disabled) Active: failed since Thu, 17 Nov 2011 10:52:33 +0100; 1min 22s ago Process: 3520 ExecStart=/usr/bin/mysqld_safe --nowatch --basedir=/usr (code=exited, status=127) Process: 3504 ExecStartPre=/usr/libexec/mysqld-prepare-db-dir (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS) CGroup: name=systemd:/system/mysqld.service
*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 754072 ***