Start mysql

[mikerh9]

I started mysql:
sudo ./bin/mysqld_safe &
root 2037 0.0 0.0 2088 860 pts/0 T 20:11 0:00 sudo ./bin/mysqld_safe
root 2039 0.0 0.0 2088 860 pts/0 T 20:11 0:00 sudo ./bin/mysqld_safe
root 2040 0.0 0.0 2084 856 pts/0 T 20:11 0:00 sudo ./bin/mysqld_safe

Doesn't mean that mysql is running?

[jazz_snob]

mysqld is the server daemon; mysql is the client.

Check out mysqladmin command:
mysqladmin --help
mysqladmin -h<host> -u<user> -p<password> status

Also, just try connecting to server w/ client.