title: XAMPP not able to start MySQL
body: <p>I downloaded XAMPP xampp-linux-1.7.3a.tar.gz and followed the same steps as given in the link <a href="http://www.apachefriends.org/en/faq-xampp-linux.html#start" rel="nofollow">http://www.apachefriends.org/en/faq-xampp-linux.html#start</a>.</p>
  
  <p>After following all the steps, mysql is not starting.  The error that i am getting is </p>
  
  <pre><code>&gt; [root@localhost bin]# pwd
  &gt; /opt/lampp/bin 
  &gt; [root@localhost bin]# ./mysql.server start Starting MySQL.
  &gt; ERROR! Manager of pid-file quit without updating file. 
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>I tried to dig into this mysql.server file but could able to locate what exactly is the problem. Seems like some OS level settings are hindering to start mysql. Please provide some thought process on this.</p>
  
  <p>Thanks</p>