Creating a the file /usr/pkg/etc/rc.conf containing mysql=yes did the trick.

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> 
> Hello Jörg,
> 
> I couldn't write to /var/mysql/. I chowned the directory to mysql and now
> it
> works fine. 
> I'm sure I did that yesterday aswell. But it didn't worked out.
> Anyway. Thanks a lot.
> 
> Zafer.
> 
> > --- Ursprüngliche Nachricht ---
> > Von: Joerg Sonnenberger <joerg@britannica.bec.de>
> > An: tech-pkg@netbsd.org
> > Betreff: Re: mysql-server w linux
> > Datum: Mon, 7 Nov 2005 14:38:09 +0100
> > 
> > On Mon, Nov 07, 2005 at 02:35:59PM +0100, Zafer Aydogan wrote:
> > > Hello List,
> > > 
> > > I'm trying to build the mysql server (4 or 5) from pkgsrc under linux.
> > > But I need help. I can compile and install it without any problems
> (all
> > 3
> > > three versions) but I can't start the mysql server. 
> > > I'm using "mysql.server start" or the example rc.d script "mysql
> start"
> > but
> > > both fail. Any Ideas how I can get it working ?
> > 
> > Can you explain how it fails? If it does nothing, you haven't added
> > mysqld=yes to your /etc/rc.conf.
> > 
> > Joerg
> > 
>