Package: mysql-server-4.1 Version: 4.1.13a-3 Followup-For: Bug #324216 I can confirm this has affected me too after upgrading from mysql-server to mysql-server-4.1 however, my syslog output is somewhat different. here's a snippet:
Sep 7 20:03:20 ukevil mysqld_safe[25388]: started Sep 7 20:03:23 ukevil mysqld[25399]: mysqld got signal 11; Sep 7 20:03:23 ukevil mysqld[25399]: This could be because you hit a bug. It is also possible that this binary Sep 7 20:03:23 ukevil mysqld[25399]: or one of the libraries it was linked against is corrupt, improperly built, Sep 7 20:03:23 ukevil mysqld[25399]: or misconfigured. This error can also be caused by malfunctioning hardware. Sep 7 20:03:23 ukevil mysqld[25399]: We will try our best to scrape up some info that will hopefully help diagnose Sep 7 20:03:23 ukevil mysqld[25399]: the problem, but since we have already crashed, something is definitely wrong Sep 7 20:03:23 ukevil mysqld[25399]: and this may fail. Sep 7 20:03:23 ukevil mysqld[25399]: Sep 7 20:03:23 ukevil mysqld[25399]: key_buffer_size=0 Sep 7 20:03:23 ukevil mysqld[25399]: read_buffer_size=131072 Sep 7 20:03:23 ukevil mysqld[25399]: max_used_connections=0 Sep 7 20:03:23 ukevil mysqld[25399]: max_connections=100 Sep 7 20:03:23 ukevil mysqld[25399]: threads_connected=0 Sep 7 20:03:23 ukevil mysqld[25399]: It is possible that mysqld could use up to Sep 7 20:03:23 ukevil mysqld[25399]: key_buffer_size + (read_buffer_size + sort_buffer_size)*max_connections = 217599 K Sep 7 20:03:23 ukevil mysqld[25399]: bytes of memory Sep 7 20:03:23 ukevil mysqld[25399]: Hope that's ok; if not, decrease some variables in the equation. Sep 7 20:03:23 ukevil mysqld[25399]: Sep 7 20:03:23 ukevil mysqld[25399]: thd=(nil) Sep 7 20:03:23 ukevil mysqld[25399]: Attempting backtrace. You can use the following information to find out Sep 7 20:03:23 ukevil mysqld[25399]: where mysqld died. If you see no messages after this, something went Sep 7 20:03:23 ukevil mysqld[25399]: terribly wrong... Sep 7 20:03:23 ukevil mysqld[25399]: Cannot determine thread, fp=0x4261a158, backtrace may not be correct. Sep 7 20:03:23 ukevil mysqld[25399]: Stack range sanity check OK, backtrace follows: Sep 7 20:03:23 ukevil mysqld[25399]: 0x81535db Sep 7 20:03:23 ukevil mysqld[25399]: 0x4261a450 Sep 7 20:03:23 ukevil mysqld[25399]: (nil) Sep 7 20:03:23 ukevil mysqld[25399]: New value of fp=(nil) failed sanity check, terminating stack trace! Sep 7 20:03:23 ukevil mysqld[25399]: Please read http://dev.mysql.com/doc/mysql/en/Using_stack_trace.html and follow instructions on how to resolve the stack trace. Resolved Sep 7 20:03:23 ukevil mysqld[25399]: stack trace is much more helpful in diagnosing the problem, so please do Sep 7 20:03:23 ukevil mysqld[25399]: resolve it Sep 7 20:03:23 ukevil mysqld[25399]: The manual page at http://www.mysql.com/doc/en/Crashing.html contains Sep 7 20:03:23 ukevil mysqld[25399]: information that should help you find out what is causing the crash. Sep 7 20:03:23 ukevil mysqld_safe[25414]: ended I'm sorry I'm not really sure what you're looking for in the stack trace so instead of including it all, i'll just provide a link for you: http://sadbuttrue.net/~irv/mysqlstack.txt In answer to your other questions: /var had 1.2G free drwxr-s--- 2 mysql adm 4096 2005-09-07 19:40 mysql old_passwords = 1 was set, changing it made no difference for me. Hope this is of some use. Cheers, Andy -- System Information: Debian Release: testing/unstable APT prefers unstable APT policy: (500, 'unstable') Architecture: i386 (i686) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash Kernel: Linux 2.6.11.12 Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C (charmap=ANSI_X3.4-1968) Versions of packages mysql-server-4.1 depends on: ii adduser 3.67 Add and remove users and groups ii debconf 1.4.58 Debian configuration management sy ii libc6 2.3.5-6 GNU C Library: Shared libraries an ii libdbi-perl 1.48-1 Perl5 database interface by Tim Bu ii libgcc1 1:4.0.1-6 GCC support library ii libmysqlclient14 4.1.13a-3 mysql database client library ii libncurses5 5.4-9 Shared libraries for terminal hand ii libreadline4 4.3-15 GNU readline and history libraries ii libstdc++6 4.0.1-6 The GNU Standard C++ Library v3 ii libwrap0 7.6.dbs-8 Wietse Venema's TCP wrappers libra ii mailx 1:8.1.2-0.20050715cvs-1 A simple mail user agent ii mysql-client-4.1 4.1.13a-3 mysql database client binaries ii mysql-common 5.0.11beta-3 mysql database common files (e.g. ii passwd 1:4.0.3-39 change and administer password and ii perl 5.8.7-4 Larry Wall's Practical Extraction ii psmisc 21.6-1 Utilities that use the proc filesy ii zlib1g 1:1.2.3-4 compression library - runtime mysql-server-4.1 recommends no packages. -- debconf information: mysql-server-4.1/start_on_boot: true mysql-server-4.1/postrm_remove_databases: false mysql-server-4.1/really_downgrade: false mysql-server-4.1/nis_warning: * mysql-server-4.1/mysql_install_db_notes: mysql-server-4.1/mysql_update_hints1: -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

