Public bug reported: may be due to not enough free space on my hard-drive. only 200 - 300 mbs were free when it crashed. I freed some space upto 1 GB and marked it for re-installation using synaptic package manager and it worked.
ProblemType: Package Architecture: i386 DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.04 ErrorMessage: subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1 Package: mysql-server-5.0 5.1.30really5.0.75-0ubuntu10.2 SourcePackage: mysql-dfsg-5.0 Title: package mysql-server-5.0 5.1.30really5.0.75-0ubuntu10.2 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1 Uname: Linux 2.6.28-15-generic i686 ** Affects: mysql-dfsg-5.0 (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: apport-package i386 -- package mysql-server-5.0 5.1.30really5.0.75-0ubuntu10.2 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1 https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/420459 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Server Team, which is subscribed to mysql-dfsg-5.0 in ubuntu. -- Ubuntu-server-bugs mailing list Ubuntu-server-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-server-bugs