So I was trying to use this login system I made and it started giving me weird errors. I figured out that it was because MySQL wasn't started. So I tried to start it, but it wouldn't. Here is the log:
10:06:12 PM [mysql] Attempting to start MySQL app...
10:06:12 PM [mysql] Status change detected: running
10:06:13 PM [mysql] Status change detected: stopped
10:06:13 PM [mysql] Error: MySQL shutdown unexpectedly.
10:06:13 PM [mysql] This may be due to a blocked port, missing dependencies,
10:06:13 PM [mysql] improper privileges, a crash, or a shutdown by another method
10:06:13 PM [mysql] Check the "/xampp/mysql/data/mysql_error.log" file
10:06:13 PM [mysql] and the Windows Event Viewer for more clues
And here is some of the more notable lines in the error log (mysql_error.log):
130318 22:06:12 InnoDB: Database was not shut down normally!
130318 22:06:12 InnoDB: Waiting for the background threads to start
130318 22:06:13 InnoDB: 1.1.8 started; log sequence number 1599518
130318 22:06:13 [Note] Server hostname (bind-address): '0.0.0.0'; port: 3306
130318 22:06:13 [Note] - '0.0.0.0' resolves to '0.0.0.0';
130318 22:06:13 [Note] Server socket created on IP: '0.0.0.0'.
130318 22:06:13 [ERROR] Fatal error: Can't open and lock privilege tables: Can't
find file: 'host' (errno: 2)
Can these errors be fixed without reinstalling XAMPP?
I just reinstalled it and kept the htdocs folder.