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  • do you remember installing both versions, and if so in which order did you install them? Commented Mar 5, 2013 at 13:10
  • Yep, originally I had mysql 5.1, then later with yum I upgraded mysql on my centos to 5.5, but it seems this mysql.sock may have been missed? I am not finding much doucmentation unfortunately on this mysql.sock. Commented Mar 5, 2013 at 21:14
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    The socket doesn't have a version, it just connects you to a server. How may different mysqld processes do you have? Commented Mar 6, 2013 at 9:10
  • Great question golimar, I see two mysql related processes, one for mysqld_safe and another for mysqld. I updated the question as the reply did not fit here. Looks like this is the problem that I somehow have a mysql_safe running for some reason next to mysqld. Commented Mar 6, 2013 at 12:47