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mysql-dfsg-5.1 package

package mysql-server-5.1 5.1.37-1ubuntu5.5 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1

Bug #681986 reported by Matt G on 2010-11-27

This bug affects 3 people

Affects		Status	Importance	Assigned to	Milestone
	mysql-dfsg-5.1 (Ubuntu)	Expired	Low	Unassigned

Bug Description

Error with mysql. Looks like during the update process mysql wouldn't start again after it was stopped.

ProblemType: Package
Architecture: i386
Date: Fri Nov 26 19:27:19 2010
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 9.10 "Karmic Koala" - Release i386 (20091028.5)
MySQLConf.etc.mysql.conf.d.mysqld.safe.syslog.cnf:
[mysqld_safe]
syslog
MySQLVarLibDirListing: ['ib_logfile0', 'ib_logfile1', 'drupal', 'phpmyadmin', 'astatech', 'debian-5.1.flag', 'ibdata1', 'mysql', 'mysql_upgrade_info']
Package: mysql-server-5.1 5.1.37-1ubuntu5.5
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-21.59-generic
SourcePackage: mysql-dfsg-5.1
Title: package mysql-server-5.1 5.1.37-1ubuntu5.5 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
Uname: Linux 2.6.31-21-generic i686

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Matt G (mgiovine) wrote on 2010-11-27:

.etc.apparmor.d.usr.sbin.mysqld.txt Edit (787 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
AptOrdering.txt Edit (6.9 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Dependencies.txt Edit (1.2 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Dmesg.txt Edit (51.4 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
DpkgTerminalLog.txt Edit (34.1 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Logs.var.log.daemon.log.txt Edit (14.3 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Logs.var.log.kern.log.txt Edit (19.0 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
MySQLConf.etc.mysql.my.cnf.txt Edit (3.6 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")

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Chuck Short (zulcss) wrote on 2010-11-29:

Are you still having this problem?

Changed in mysql-dfsg-5.1 (Ubuntu):
importance:	Undecided → Low
status:	New → Incomplete

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Matt G (mgiovine) wrote on 2010-12-01:

Yes, I am.

I temporarily solved the problem by uninstalling mysql-server.

I just tried to install it again. mysqld will not start. This is what happened:

matt@matt-ubuntu:~$ sudo apt-get install mysql-server
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following extra packages will be installed:
  libhtml-template-perl mysql-server-5.1 mysql-server-core-5.1
Suggested packages:
  libipc-sharedcache-perl tinyca mailx
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  libhtml-template-perl mysql-server mysql-server-5.1 mysql-server-core-5.1
0 upgraded, 4 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 65.8kB/11.2MB of archives.
After this operation, 25.8MB of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue [Y/n]? y
Get:1 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com karmic/main libhtml-template-perl 2.9-1 [65.8kB]
Fetched 65.8kB in 0s (92.1kB/s)
Preconfiguring packages ...
Selecting previously deselected package mysql-server-core-5.1.
(Reading database ... 177230 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking mysql-server-core-5.1 (from .../mysql-server-core-5.1_5.1.37-1ubuntu5.5_i386.deb) ...
Selecting previously deselected package mysql-server-5.1.
Unpacking mysql-server-5.1 (from .../mysql-server-5.1_5.1.37-1ubuntu5.5_i386.deb) ...
* Stopping MySQL database server mysqld [ OK ]
Selecting previously deselected package libhtml-template-perl.
Unpacking libhtml-template-perl (from .../libhtml-template-perl_2.9-1_all.deb) ...
Selecting previously deselected package mysql-server.
Unpacking mysql-server (from .../mysql-server_5.1.37-1ubuntu5.5_all.deb) ...
Processing triggers for man-db ...
Processing triggers for ureadahead ...
ureadahead will be reprofiled on next reboot
Setting up mysql-server-core-5.1 (5.1.37-1ubuntu5.5) ...
Setting up mysql-server-5.1 (5.1.37-1ubuntu5.5) ...
* Stopping MySQL database server mysqld [ OK ]
* Starting MySQL database server mysqld [fail]
invoke-rc.d: initscript mysql, action "start" failed.
dpkg: error processing mysql-server-5.1 (--configure):
subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
Setting up libhtml-template-perl (2.9-1) ...
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of mysql-server:
mysql-server depends on mysql-server-5.1; however:
  Package mysql-server-5.1 is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing mysql-server (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
No apport report written because the error message indicates its a followup error from a previous failure.
                          Errors were encountered while processing:
mysql-server-5.1
mysql-server
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
matt@matt-ubuntu:~$

Yes, I am.

I temporarily solved the problem by uninstalling mysql-server.

I just tried to install it again. mysqld will not start. This is what happened:

matt@matt-ubuntu:~$ sudo apt-get install mysql-server
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
The following extra packages will be installed:
  libhtml-template-perl mysql-server-5.1 mysql-server-core-5.1
Suggested packages:
  libipc-sharedcache-perl tinyca mailx
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  libhtml-template-perl mysql-server mysql-server-5.1 mysql-server-core-5.1
0 upgraded, 4 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 65.8kB/11.2MB of archives.
After this operation, 25.8MB of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue [Y/n]? y
Get:1 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com karmic/main libhtml-template-perl 2.9-1 [65.8kB]
Fetched 65.8kB in 0s (92.1kB/s)            
Preconfiguring packages ...
Selecting previously deselected package mysql-server-core-5.1.
(Reading database ... 177230 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking mysql-server-core-5.1 (from .../mysql-server-core-5.1_5.1.37-1ubuntu5.5_i386.deb) ...
Selecting previously deselected package mysql-server-5.1.
Unpacking mysql-server-5.1 (from .../mysql-server-5.1_5.1.37-1ubuntu5.5_i386.deb) ...
 * Stopping MySQL database server mysqld                                 [ OK ] 
Selecting previously deselected package libhtml-template-perl.
Unpacking libhtml-template-perl (from .../libhtml-template-perl_2.9-1_all.deb) ...
Selecting previously deselected package mysql-server.
Unpacking mysql-server (from .../mysql-server_5.1.37-1ubuntu5.5_all.deb) ...
Processing triggers for man-db ...
Processing triggers for ureadahead ...
ureadahead will be reprofiled on next reboot
Setting up mysql-server-core-5.1 (5.1.37-1ubuntu5.5) ...
Setting up mysql-server-5.1 (5.1.37-1ubuntu5.5) ...
 * Stopping MySQL database server mysqld                                 [ OK ] 
 * Starting MySQL database server mysqld                                 [fail] 
invoke-rc.d: initscript mysql, action "start" failed.
dpkg: error processing mysql-server-5.1 (--configure):
 subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
Setting up libhtml-template-perl (2.9-1) ...
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of mysql-server:
 mysql-server depends on mysql-server-5.1; however:
  Package mysql-server-5.1 is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing mysql-server (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
No apport report written because the error message indicates its a followup error from a previous failure.
                          Errors were encountered while processing:
 mysql-server-5.1
 mysql-server
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
matt@matt-ubuntu:~$

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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote on 2011-01-31:

[Expired for mysql-dfsg-5.1 (Ubuntu) because there has been no activity for 60 days.]

Changed in mysql-dfsg-5.1 (Ubuntu):
status:	Incomplete → Expired

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