# Weird on rails message **URL:** \ **Category:** Rails\ **Created:** [February 13, 2008, 12:59am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/weird-on-rails-message/128960 "2008-02-13T00:59:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![dutch](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/85e7bf/32.png) [@dutch](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/dutch)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2008, 12:59am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/weird-on-rails-message/128960/1 "2008-02-13T00:59:38Z")
I’m a newbie trying to get started. Running os 10.5. Installed rails 2.0, i think, but i’m getting a weird error message when i click “about your environment” Here it is. Any help would be great Errno::ENOENT in Rails/infoController#properties No such file or directory - /tmp/mysql.sock RAILS\_ROOT: /Users/mikemckenna/Desktop/corp/newapp Application Trace | Framework Trace | Full Trace Request Parameters: None Show session dump Response Headers: {“cookie”=\>[], “Cache-Control”=\>“no-cache”} ---
**Author:** ![dutch](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/85e7bf/32.png) [@dutch](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/dutch)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2008, 3:15am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/weird-on-rails-message/128960/2 "2008-02-13T03:15:02Z")
On Feb 12, 2008 3:58 PM, dutch [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > I’m a newbie trying to get started. Running os 10.5. Installed rails > 2.0, i think, but i’m getting a weird error message when i click > “about your environment” > No such file or directory - /tmp/mysql.sock So is MySQL 1) installed, 2) running, and 3) using that socket? 🙂 – Hassan S. ------------------------ removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid ---
**Author:** ![dutch](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/85e7bf/32.png) [@dutch](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/dutch)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2008, 4:00am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/weird-on-rails-message/128960/3 "2008-02-13T04:00:13Z")
1. yes 2) yes 3) no idea–how can i check that? On Feb 12, 9:14 pm, “Hassan S.” [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) ---
**Author:** ![dutch](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/85e7bf/32.png) [@dutch](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/dutch)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2008, 4:07am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/weird-on-rails-message/128960/4 "2008-02-13T04:07:49Z")
On Feb 12, 2008 6:59 PM, dutch [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > 1. yes 2) yes 3) no idea–how can i check that? If you’re sure mysqld is running and it’s _not_ using that socket, connect using your mysql client and enter mysql\> show variables like ‘%sock%’; That should give you something like: ±--------------±----------------+ | Variable\_name | Value | ±--------------±----------------+ | socket | /tmp/mysql.sock | ±--------------±----------------+ 1 row in set (0.34 sec) :: though obviously with a different value 🙂 Use that value in your database configuration. ## HTH! Hassan S. ------------------------ removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid ---
**Author:** ![dutch](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/85e7bf/32.png) [@dutch](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/dutch)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2008, 9:36am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/weird-on-rails-message/128960/5 "2008-02-13T09:36:09Z")
Can you actually verify that /tmp/mysql.sock exists on your computer? Something tells me it doesn’t. You should try to locate which socket is being used. On my computer (I installed mysql through macports), it is in an entirely different area. ---
**Author:** ![dutch](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/85e7bf/32.png) [@dutch](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/dutch)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2008, 4:50am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/weird-on-rails-message/128960/6 "2008-02-13T04:50:03Z")
Bummer— it _is_ showing it as /tmp/mysql.sock… On Feb 12, 10:07 pm, “Hassan S.” [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid)