mysqld dead but subsys locked

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mysqld dead but subsys locked

Backup for future Safety:

cp /var/lock/subsys/mysqld /root/mysqld

than delete it

rm /var/lock/subsys/mysqld

then close all services that depends on mysql:

service httpd stop
and after that:

service mysqld restart
service httpd restart