It still seems to hang when 'set global wsrep_provider=none' is done. ================================================= sudo /pxc/bin/mysqld --defaults-file=/pxc/etc/my.cnf.local --basedir=/pxc --user=mysql --wsrep-cluster-address="gcomm://?pc.ignore_sb=true" --wsrep-start-position='dd00df13-e87a-11e2-0800-5cbe45ea7ee5:38570' [sudo] password for raghavendra: Sorry, try again. [sudo] password for raghavendra: 130816 6:44:07 [Warning] WSREP: wsrep_sst_receive_address is set to '127.0.0.1:4001' which makes it impossible for another host to reach this one. Please set it to the address which this node can be connected at by other cluster members. 130816 6:44:07 [Note] WSREP: wsrep_start_position var submitted: 'dd00df13-e87a-11e2-0800-5cbe45ea7ee5:38570' 130816 6:44:07 [Note] WSREP: Read nil XID from storage engines, skipping position init 130816 6:44:07 [Note] WSREP: wsrep_load(): loading provider library '/pxc/lib/libgalera_smm.so' 130816 6:44:07 [Note] WSREP: wsrep_load(): Galera 2.6(r300) by Codership Oy