mysql Couldn't find the mysql server or manager

Solution
Step 1.)

Rem out the line in /etc/my.conf that was setting basedir to /var/lib. As seen below:

user=mysql
#basedir=/var/lib
Step 2.)

Create the directory "/var/run/mysqld" if it does not exist. Then chown that directory to mysql.mysql as below...

mkdir /var/run/mysqld
chown mysql.mysql /var/run/mysqld
Step 3.)

Start the service..

service mysql start