Ubuntu
mysql-dfsg-5.0 package

package mysql-server_5.0.51a-3ubuntu5.4_all.deb: subprocess pre-installation script returned error exit status 1

Bug #299677 reported by John Stewart on 2008-11-18

This bug report is a duplicate of: Bug #382713: mysql fails to start if debian-start has the wrong permission - package mysql-server-5.0 5.1.30really5.0.75-0ubuntu10.2 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 126. Edit Remove

Affects		Status	Importance	Assigned to	Milestone
	mysql-dfsg-5.0 (Ubuntu)	New	Undecided	Unassigned

Bug Description

MythTV
8.04
Synaptic
The install to finish
It crashed instead

ProblemType: Package
Architecture: i386
Date: Tue Nov 18 15:48:06 2008
Dependencies:

DistroRelease: Ubuntu 8.04
ErrorMessage: subprocess pre-installation script returned error exit status 1
NonfreeKernelModules: fglrx
Package: mysql-server None [modified: /var/lib/dpkg/info/mysql-server.list]
PackageArchitecture: all
SourcePackage: mysql-dfsg-5.0
Title: package mysql-server None [modified: /var/lib/dpkg/info/mysql-server.list] failed to install/upgrade: subprocess pre-installation script returned error exit status 1
Uname: Linux 2.6.24-21-generic i686