title: MySQL Database stopped in XAMPP-1.8.3.4 in ubuntu 14.04
body: <p>MySQL already running, but  when open <a href="http://localhost/phpmyadmin/" rel="nofollow">http://localhost/phpmyadmin/</a> I get error like this :</p>
  
  <blockquote>
    <p>#2002 - Connection refused The server is not responding (or the local server's socket is not correctly configured).</p>
  </blockquote>
  
  <p>when I try run from command line with sudo /opt/lampp/lampp start, I get the message like this :</p>
  
  <blockquote>
    <p>XAMPP: Starting Apache...ok.<br/>
    XAMPP: Starting MySQL...already running.</p>
  </blockquote>
  
  <p>I have checked in <code>ps -aux | grep mysqld</code></p>
  
  <p>I get message like this:</p>
  
  <blockquote>
    <p>ahmadso+  7118  0.0  0.0  15948  2220 pts/6    S+   09:23   0:00 grep --color=auto mysqld</p>
  </blockquote>
  
  <p>when I try sudo service mysql stop
  I get message like this :</p>
  
  <blockquote>
    <p>stop: Unknown instance: </p>
  </blockquote>
  
  <p>I use Ubuntu operating system, I have tried to uninstall and reinstall xampp, but does not resolve the issue.</p>
  
  <p>please help me.</p>