Ok so here is some output..
1) prove mysql/mysqld are installed and in my path
2) try to run mysql/mysqld commands and associated output
3) show no mysql running and nothing in /etc/rc2.d or /etc/init.d

Thanks....

Nokia-N900:ß# which mysql
/usr/bin/mysql
Nokia-N900:~# which mysqld
/usr/sbin/mysqld
Nokia-N900:~# mysql
ERROR 2002 (HY000): Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket '/var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock' (2)
Nokia-N900:~# mysqld
101114 9:16:15 InnoDB: Started; log sequence number 0 43655
101114 9:16:15 [ERROR] Can't start server : Bind on unix socket: No such file or directory
101114 9:16:15 [ERROR] Do you already have another mysqld server running on socket: /var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock ?
101114 9:16:15 [ERROR] Aborting

101114 9:16:15 InnoDB: Starting shutdown...
101114 9:16:17 InnoDB: Shutdown completed; log sequence number 0 43655
101114 9:16:17 [Note] mysqld: Shutdown complete

Nokia-N900:~# ps -ef | grep -i *sql*
6653 root 3796 S grep -i *sql*
Nokia-N900:~# ls /etc/rc2.d/*sql*
ls: cannot access /etc/rc2.d/*sql*: No such file or directory
Nokia-N900:~# ls /etc/init.d/*sql*
ls: cannot access /etc/init.d/*sql*: No such file or directory
Nokia-N900:~#