Package: mysql-server Version: 5.0.51a-19 Severity: serious --- Please enter the report below this line. --- I tried twice to install, no luck.
ocelot:/home/john# aptitude -vVf install mysql-server Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done Reading extended state information Initializing package states... Done Reading task descriptions... Done The following partially installed packages will be configured: mysql-server mysql-server-5.0 0 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 51 not upgraded. Need to get 0B of archives. After unpacking 0B will be used. Writing extended state information... Done Setting up mysql-server-5.0 (5.0.51a-19) ... Stopping MySQL database server: mysqld. 081224 11:38:54 [ERROR] /usr/sbin/mysqld: unknown option '--skip-federated' Starting MySQL database server: mysqld . . . . . . . . . . . . . . failed! invoke-rc.d: initscript mysql, action "start" failed. dpkg: error processing mysql-server-5.0 (--configure): subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1 dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of mysql-server: mysql-server depends on mysql-server-5.0; however: Package mysql-server-5.0 is not configured yet. dpkg: error processing mysql-server (--configure): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured Errors were encountered while processing: mysql-server-5.0 mysql-server E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) A package failed to install. Trying to recover: Setting up mysql-server-5.0 (5.0.51a-19) ... Stopping MySQL database server: mysqld. Starting MySQL database server: mysqld . . . . . . . . . . . . . . failed! invoke-rc.d: initscript mysql, action "start" failed. dpkg: error processing mysql-server-5.0 (--configure): subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1 dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of mysql-server: mysql-server depends on mysql-server-5.0; however: Package mysql-server-5.0 is not configured yet. dpkg: error processing mysql-server (--configure): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured Errors were encountered while processing: mysql-server-5.0 mysql-server Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done Reading extended state information Initializing package states... Done Reading task descriptions... Done Current status: 0 broken [+0], 51 updates [+0], 5268 new [+0]. ocelot:/home/john# ocelot:/home/john# uname -a Linux ocelot 2.6.27.7-hou2.2-02.jmc64 #1 SMP Tue Nov 25 09:21:12 CST 2008 x86_64 GNU/Linux ocelot:/home/john# Then I tried this: ocelot:/home/john# dpkg-reconfigure mysql-server-5.0 /usr/sbin/dpkg-reconfigure: mysql-server-5.0 is broken or not fully installed ocelot:/home/john# Thanks, John --- System information. --- Architecture: amd64 Kernel: Linux 2.6.27.7-hou2.2-02.jmc64 Debian Release: 5.0 990 testing www.debian-multimedia.org 990 testing security.debian.org 990 testing ftp.us.debian.org 500 unstable ftp.us.debian.org 500 testing-proposed-updates ftp.us.debian.org 500 stable security.debian.org 500 stable http.us.debian.org 500 stable ftp.us.debian.org 500 proposed-updates http.us.debian.org --- Package information. --- Depends (Version) | Installed ===============================-+-=========== mysql-server-5.0 | 5.0.51a-19 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]

