# MySQL won't start in Instant Rails

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/mysql-wont-start-in-instant-rails/115381>\
**Category:** Deployment\
**Created:** [September 24, 2007, 7:02pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/mysql-wont-start-in-instant-rails/115381 "2007-09-24T19:02:13Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![datorrey](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/cab0a1/32.png) [@datorrey](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/datorrey)\
**Post date:** [September 24, 2007, 7:02pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/mysql-wont-start-in-instant-rails/115381/1 "2007-09-24T19:02:13Z")

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I feel a little silly because what could be easier than installing  
Instant Rails, right? Following the tutorial no less.

Nonetheless, when I launch InstantRails, I don’t see the MySQL server  
starting. I try to right click and start it in the control panel, and  
it briefly looks like it’s going to turn on (by moving to the yellow  
light) and then turns itself right back off again.

I don’t see anything in any error log and am not sure how to follow up  
troubleshooting. I wasn’t sure if my existing MySQL installation was  
causing a problem so I just uninstalled it. No improvement.

Troubleshooting steps?

Thanks,  
Daniel

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**Author:** ![datorrey](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/cab0a1/32.png) [@datorrey](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/datorrey)\
**Post date:** [September 27, 2007, 8:20pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/mysql-wont-start-in-instant-rails/115381/2 "2007-09-27T20:20:18Z")

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I’ve seen other people in forums with this problem so I thought I’d just  
mention what the main problem was. I had a space character in my  
install path, so when I ran the initial configuration script, it didn’t  
write the right paths to installation files. Problem solved. Make sure  
the path to instant rails doesn’t have a space.

Daniel T. wrote:

> I feel a little silly because what could be easier than installing  
> Instant Rails, right? Following the tutorial no less.
> 
> Nonetheless, when I launch InstantRails, I don’t see the MySQL server  
> starting. I try to right click and start it in the control panel, and  
> it briefly looks like it’s going to turn on (by moving to the yellow  
> light) and then turns itself right back off again.
> 
> I don’t see anything in any error log and am not sure how to follow up  
> troubleshooting. I wasn’t sure if my existing MySQL installation was  
> causing a problem so I just uninstalled it. No improvement.
> 
> Troubleshooting steps?
> 
> Thanks,  
> Daniel