mysql my.cnf tweak errors

i am trying to tweak my.cnf since all the php/mysql scripts running on the server are killing the load.

i am running mysql 3.2.23 (i know i need to upgrade)
here is what my original my.cnf looks like:

[mysqld]
datadir=/var/lib/mysql
socket=/var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock

[mysql.server]
user=mysql
basedir=/var/lib

[safe_mysqld]
err-log=/var/log/mysqld.log
pid-file=/var/run/mysqld/mysqld.pid


per suggestions on this board i changed my.cnf to:

[mysqld]
datadir=/var/lib/mysql
socket=/var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock

skip-locking
max_connections=300
connect_timeout=15
key_buffer=16M
join_buffer=1M
record_buffer=1M
sort_buffer=2M
table_cache=1028
thread_cache_size=286
max_allowed_packet=5M
wait_timeout=15
query_cache_limit=1M
query_cache_size=32M
query_cache_type=1
thread_concurrency=2

[mysql.server]
user=mysql
basedir=/var/lib

[safe_mysqld]
err-log=/var/log/mysqld.log
pid-file=/var/run/mysqld/mysqld.pid


when i go to restart mysql i get:

[11:09pm]# /etc/init.d/mysqld start
Timeout error occurred trying to start MySQL Daemon.
Starting MySQL: [FAILED]

is this because i am running mysql 3.x.x?

is there anything i can do to these settings to get mysql to start?

thanks,

 

 

 

 

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