If you want to start MySql in Leopard, you need to call the startup item directly from the command line:
sudo /Library/StartupItems/MySQLCOM/MySQLCOM start And to Stop MySqlsudo /Library/StartupItems/MySQLCOM/MySQLCOM stopYou can also make alise into your bash_profile file !
alias start_mysql="/Library/StartupItems/MySQLCOM/MySQLCOM start" alias stop_mysql="/Library/StartupItems/MySQLCOM/MySQLCOM stop"