title: ERROR 2002 (HY000): Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket '/tmp/mysqld.sock' (2)
body: <p>The problem started after a forced power off..</p>
  
  <p>server is running:</p>
  
  <pre><code>ps -ef | grep mysql
  mysql     8528     1  0 22:32 ?        00:00:00 /usr/sbin/mysqld
  root      8683  3605  0 22:32 pts/1    00:00:00 grep --color=auto mysql
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>netstat doesnt return anything:</p>
  
  <p><code>netstat -tulpn | grep 3306</code></p>
  
  <p>my.cnf has:</p>
  
  <p><code>bind-address            = 127.0.0.1</code></p>
  
  <p>error log: <a href="http://paste.ubuntu.com/13317319/" rel="nofollow">http://paste.ubuntu.com/13317319/</a></p>
  
  <p>I would appreciate if someone could help. Thank you.</p>