Public bug reported: Carried out the usual security package updates through Ubuntu Xfce GUI Package Manager. During the update procedure I noticed the update process included a mysql-server upgrade and a notification informing this could take some time. After two days and two nights, I realized this was taking far longer than expected and thought something must be wrong.
The CPU, memory and network activity was monitored using GUI System Monitor which showed a high usage on one of the CPU cores (Intel i3 - 3.10GHz). This would change to a different core overtime. After rebooting I logged into a terminal console and proceeded with the command line security package update using the 'sudo apt-get update' command, which started successfully. However at the end it did report an issue with dpkg of mysql-server and suggested the following command to run to resolve the issue: dpkg --configure -a Copious messages followed, however the following was reported: Setting up libmysqlclient16 (5.1.63-0ubuntu0.10.04.1) ... Setting up mysql-server-core 5.1 (5.1.63-0ubuntu0.10.04.1) ... Setting up mysql-client-core 5.1 (5.1.63-0ubuntu0.10.04.1) ... Setting up mysql-client-5.1 (5.1.63-0ubuntu0.10.04.1) ... Setting up mysql-server-5.1 (5.1.62-0ubuntu0.10.04.1) ... mysql start/running Setting up mysql-server-core (5.1.63-0ubuntu0.10.04.1) ... Process triggers for libc-bin Idconfig deferred processing now taking place. Will reboot as suggested ProblemType: Package DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04 Package: mysql-server-5.1 5.1.62-0ubuntu0.10.04.1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-41.90-generic-pae 2.6.32.59+drm33.24 Uname: Linux 2.6.32-41-generic-pae i686 Architecture: i386 Date: Thu Jun 21 09:39:05 2012 ErrorMessage: subprocess new pre-installation script returned error exit status 1 InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-Server 10.04.3 LTS "Lucid Lynx" - Release i386 (20110719.2) Logs.var.log.daemon.log: MySQLConf.etc.mysql.conf.d.mysqld.safe.syslog.cnf: [mysqld_safe] syslog MySQLVarLibDirListing: ['database1', 'CenTracdb', 'ib_logfile1', 'debian-5.1.flag', 'mysql_upgrade_info', 'phpmyadmin', 'bacula', 'mysql', 'ib_logfile0', 'bugzilla3', 'ibdata1'] SourcePackage: mysql-dfsg-5.1 Title: package mysql-server-5.1 5.1.62-0ubuntu0.10.04.1 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess new pre-installation script returned error exit status 1 ** Affects: mysql-dfsg-5.1 (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: apport-package i386 lucid -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Server Team, which is subscribed to mysql-dfsg-5.1 in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1016018 Title: package mysql-server-5.1 5.1.62-0ubuntu0.10.04.1 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess new pre-installation script returned error exit status 1 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/mysql-dfsg-5.1/+bug/1016018/+subscriptions -- 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