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MySQL is not running but lock exists”?

I am getting this error

"MySQL is not running but lock exist"

when I am checking the status of the MySQL server.

MySQL
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grayson
asked Jan 22 2021

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Try using the UNIX lsof command to see which program has the lock

lsof | grep mysql

Try to run lsof on the lock itself

lsof /var/lock/subsys/mysql

Then remove lock

rm /var/lock/subsys/mysql

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linuxhelp
asked Jan 22 2021
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