Comment 35 for bug 105457

found what I think the msql bug might be: http://bugs.mysql.com/bug.php?id=35647

I saw two copies of mysql_d running ...

I solved it for now, by both editing the /etc/init.d/mysql and starting and stopping mysql a bunch.

I commented out sanity check, as per the suggestion here http://forum.slicehost.com/comments.php?DiscussionID=1000

case "${1:-''}" in
'start')
# sanity_checks;
# Start daemon

I hope this is helpfull, (I wish I could edit my posts...) well you get the train of thought effect this way :P