This is a dumb question
 

I have ran eqemu in the past but all on windows platforms (which sucks by the way way if u want a job done right go linux) but anywise how in the hell do i run mysql on linux i have it all installed but what is its command to bring it up?

./mysqld for the server
./mysql for the client

If you're root, you can do the following:

To see if its running:
If its stopped, you can start it:
If its running but you want to stop it:
If its running and you want to restart it:
If you want to play around with mysql, login as default user by typing:
regards,

krich

many thanks guys