Starting problems

[xEnon]

Hi,
everyone. I'm absolutely new to MySql and ran into a problem I can't find an explanation for in the documentation I read. (I really hope this is not too much of an stupid question - but we'll find out :) )

I installed the most recent (alpha-)version 4 of MySql on my SuSE 8.1 machine and everything went fine. After installation I followed the test being described in the documentation on the web and tested the "reaction" of the db like that:

shell> BINDIR/mysqlshow
+-----------+
| Databases |
+-----------+
| mysql |
+-----------+

or like that:

shell> BINDIR/mysqlshow mysql
Datenbank: mysql
+--------------+
| Tables |
+--------------+
| columns_priv |
| db |
| func |
| host |
| tables_priv |
| user |
+--------------+

Again, everything just fine....

I could also shutdown and reboot the db server, but since then, when I enter the same statements as the one above, I get no response at all:

xxxx@linux:/usr/bin> mysqlshow
xxxx@linux:/usr/bin>

The db starts automatically as it seems when Linux is booted, I can see the deamon/thread. But I can get no "response" anymore like described above. :confused:

Does anyone have an idea? I would really appreciate it!

Thanks!!
(a irritated) xEnon