Comments on: Resetting a locked MAMP

By: Jake

Jake — Sat, 21 Apr 2012 17:19:56 +0000

I’m getting everything described above but there is NO MySQL process running in top and no .pid file either. I’m completely baffled.

By: Jens Melander

Jens Melander — Tue, 10 Apr 2012 15:19:28 +0000

thanx, dude! this made my day … keep it up!

By: zach

zach — Sun, 25 Mar 2012 17:55:23 +0000

Thank you! Saved my work day.

By: edwin

edwin — Wed, 14 Mar 2012 20:29:14 +0000

Old but very usable article! Did the works, thanx!

By: elixir

elixir — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 12:27:27 +0000

YOU legend! I’ve been trying to fix this all day

By: David Casillas

David Casillas — Fri, 23 Dec 2011 12:39:29 +0000

Thanks, I could find the mysqld process in Monitor and kill it.
I’m having this issue since upgrading to Lion while never get it before in Leopard.
InnoDB: Unable to lock ./ibdata1, error: 35 InnoDB: Check that you do not already have another mysqld process InnoDB: using the same InnoDB data or log files.

By: Sitebase

Sitebase — Wed, 07 Dec 2011 09:06:20 +0000

Just had this problem too. A quick search gave me this article and in a few seconds I’m up and running again. Thanks for the help Aral!

By: Jon Elliman

Jon Elliman — Thu, 27 Oct 2011 11:57:10 +0000

Brilliant tip, thanks for that!

By: Darius Kruythoff

Darius Kruythoff — Tue, 20 Sep 2011 20:15:05 +0000

Man, you just saved me with this.
And more than 2 years after writing it! Kudos!

By: Ian

Ian — Sat, 17 Sep 2011 16:52:34 +0000

After years on the PC dark side I have recently moved over to OSX, and consequently am having to relearn everything. This short troubleshooting article has helped me as much as it has educated. By that I mean lots :-)