update host from localhost to 127.0.0.1

[IceskYsl]

02/04 10:42:37 WARN Longview[6223] - DBI connect('host=localhost;','longview',...) failed: Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket '/var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock' (2) at /opt/linode/longview/Linode/Longview/DataGetter/Applications/MySQL.pm line 69

[dwfreed]

I would suspect that this is intentionally this way, as 'localhost' has special meaning to MySQL, and means to connect to whatever is configured as the listen socket in the MySQL configuration. If this configuration doesn't match how your local MySQL server is actually running, you should adjust your my.cnf to match. It usually lives in either /etc/mysql/my.cnf or /etc/my.cnf.

[displague]

I'm closing this as localhost does indeed carry the special meaning @dwfreed mentioned and is therefor preferable.

http://search.cpan.org/~capttofu/DBD-mysql-4.031/lib/DBD/mysql.pm#connect

Thanks @IceskYsl and our apologies for the wait.

[displague]

@IceskYsl #17 reflects a broader need for configurability. You may want to track that issue.