Hi Kumar Can you just mail the output of following commands: 1. yum list installed | grep mysql2. netstat -ln | grep 33063. netstat -ln | grep mysql Thanks & Regards --- Robin Ladwal CEO Arahan Solutions (P) Ltd. Website: http://www.arahansolutions.com Official Email ID: robin.ladwal@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Contact No. 0-9999276826 Please do not take printout of this mail unless its very important. Lets save tree, lets save life. Date: Fri, 22 Oct 2010 07:09:01 +0530 Subject: [kanchilug] Re: i installed successfully xampp on fedora 13 now how can i start mysql ? From: jayakumargenius@xxxxxxxxx To: kanchilug@xxxxxxxxxxxxx hi brother thanks for writiing mail regarding reply about mysql problem i done all steps but mysql canot sucessfuly run in my fedora 13 i downloaded from xamp website