Ok, I followed all the directions in the installation document, and it's doing exactly the same thing:
Note the date/time:
090810 14:17:43 mysqld started
090810 14:17:43 [Warning] option 'max_join_size': unsigned value 18446744073709551615 adjusted to 4294967295
090810 14:17:43 [Warning] option 'max_join_size': unsigned value 18446744073709551615 adjusted to 4294967295
090810 14:17:43 [ERROR] Can't start server: cannot resolve hostname!: Success
090810 14:17:43 mysqld ended
Here's some more info:
[root@goose log]# hostname
goose.intranet.seamanpaper.com
[root@goose log]# ifconfig | grep inet
inet addr:192.168.10.112 Bcast:192.168.10.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
inet6 addr: fe80::20c:29ff:fe66:3f93/64 Scope:Link
inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
[root@goose log]# dig +short `hostname` a
192.168.10.112
[root@goose log]# dig +short `hostname` mx
10 goose.intranet.seamanpaper.com.
[root@goose log]# cat /etc/hosts
# Do not remove the following line, or various programs
# that require network functionality will fail.
::1 localhost.localdomain localhost
192.168.10.112 goose.intranet.seamanpaper.com goose
[root@goose log]#
What did I miss?