Problem solved! I'd moved /var/lib to /home/var/lib (to save space) and made /var/lib a symbolic link to that directory. This must have caused a problem with apparmor, as per the line below:
Jun 15 19:19:02 micks-t400 kernel: [29451.814871] type=1503 audit(1245107942.002:30): operation="inode_create" requested_mask="a::" denied_mask="a::" fsuid=0 name="/home/var/lib/mysql/micks-t400.lower-test" pid=1895 profile="/usr/sbin/mysqld" Copying /home/var/lib back to /var/lib (after removing the symbolic link) fixed the problem, and mysql installed successfully. On Mon, Jun 15, 2009 at 6:29 PM, Mathias Gug <[email protected]> wrote: > Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make > Ubuntu better. > > Could you please provide the following information: > > * content of /var/log/daemon.log related to mysql processes: > > /var/log/daemon.log > > * apparmor audit messages related to mysqld: > > /var/log/kern.log > > * mysql configuration stripped of private information (such as > password): > > /etc/mysql/my.cnf > > * extra mysql configuration from the conf.d directory: > > /etc/mysql/conf.d/ > > ** Changed in: mysql-dfsg-5.0 (Ubuntu) > Status: New => Incomplete > > -- > mysql fails to install > https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/373513 > You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber > of the bug. > > Status in “mysql-dfsg-5.0” source package in Ubuntu: Incomplete > > Bug description: > Mysql fails to install. This is on a system that was upgraded to jaunty, > and previously had mysql installed. I renamed the previously existing > /etc/mysql and /var/lib/mysql which had no affect. Purging the various mysql > packages failed to resolve this issue also. > > ProblemType: Package > Architecture: i386 > DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.04 > ErrorMessage: subprocess post-installation script returned error exit > status 1 > Package: mysql-server-5.0 5.1.30really5.0.75-0ubuntu10.1 > SourcePackage: mysql-dfsg-5.0 > Title: package mysql-server-5.0 5.1.30really5.0.75-0ubuntu10.1 failed to > install/upgrade: subprocess post-installation script returned error exit > status 1 > Uname: Linux 2.6.28-11-generic i686 > -- mysql fails to install https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/373513 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
