MAMP - mysql server won't start on port 3306 -

mysql server refuses start on port 3306 ok on 8889.

anyone got ideas? banging head on desk here :-)

the simplest solution figure out if there instance of mysql running , stopping it, e.g. call in terminal :

ps -ax | grep mysqld 

and kill appropriate mysqld process.

and check processes listening on port 3306 :

lsof -i:3306