Trouble starting MySQL on Snow Leopard (no replies)

I am new to MySQL and Mac. I have installed MySQL using the DMG to /usr/local where I can see folders for mysql, mysql-5.5.8-osx10.6-x86_64, and mysql-5.1.53-osx10.6-x86_64. I have preferences pane installed, and it says "The MySQL Server Instance is stopped". If I click "Start MySQL Server", nothing happens. If I try to do anything using mysql in the terminal, I get "Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket '/tmp/mysql.sock' (2)". If I navigate to /tmp, there is no socket. I cannot find it anywhere else. Thanks for any suggestions that you may have!


Variables (--variable-name=value)
and boolean options {FALSE|TRUE} Value (after reading options)
--------------------------------- -----------------------------
count 0
debug-check FALSE
debug-info FALSE
force FALSE
compress FALSE
character-sets-dir (No default value)
default-character-set (No default value)
host (No default value)
no-beep FALSE
port 0
relative FALSE
socket (No default value)
sleep 0
ssl FALSE
ssl-ca (No default value)
ssl-capath (No default value)
ssl-cert (No default value)
ssl-cipher (No default value)
ssl-key (No default value)
ssl-verify-server-cert FALSE
user (No default value)
verbose FALSE
vertical FALSE
connect_timeout 43200
shutdown_timeout 3600