- Is the config file location you've given correct?
- Have you checked your mysql logs for errors?
- Looks like you might be using homebrew; I had an issue where I had a
another mysql config file (from a previous installation) /etc/my.cnf
which was being read before the mysql_config file - if so remove the
my.cnf file.
- Are you running the correct version i.e. maybe you need to install the
mysql gem with -arch x86_64 instead.