After emerging mysql 4.0.13-r4, the init script /etc/init.d/mysql uses '/usr/bin/safe_mysqld' to launch MySQL. The actual name of the startup script is '/usr/bin/mysqld_safe'. Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. /etc/init.d/mysql start 2. ps ax | grep mysql 3. Actual Results: No mysqld. Expected Results: Launched mysqld. Portage 2.0.49-r4 (default-x86-1.4, gcc-3.2.3, glibc-2.3.2-r1, 2.4.22_pre2-gss) ================================================================= System uname: 2.4.22_pre2-gss i686 Pentium II (Deschutes) ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="x86" AUTOCLEAN="yes" CFLAGS="-O3 -march=i686 -funroll-loops -pipe" CHOST="i686-pc-linux-gnu" COMPILER="gcc3" CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /var/qmail/control /usr/share/config /usr/kde/2/share/config /usr/kde/3/share/config /var/bind" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/gconf /etc/env.d" CXXFLAGS="-O3 -march=i686 -funroll-loops -pipe" DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles" FEATURES="sandbox ccache autoaddcvs" GENTOO_MIRRORS="ftp://ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/distributions/gentoo/ ftp://cudlug.cudenver.edu/pub/mirrors/distributions/gentoo/ http://mirror.clarkson.edu/pub/distributions/gentoo/" MAKEOPTS="-j2" PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages" PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp" PORTDIR="/usr/portage" PORTDIR_OVERLAY="" SYNC="rsync://rsync.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage" USE="x86 oss apm arts avi crypt cups encode foomaticdb gif gtk imlib jpeg kde gnome libg++ libwww mad mikmod mmx motif mpeg ncurses nls oggvorbis opengl pdflib png qt quicktime sdl slang spell truetype X xml2 xmms xv zlib gdbm berkdb readline svga java mysql gpm tcpd pam ssl perl python"
did you update the init script with etc-update ?
I failed to run etc-update to update the init script. Doh!