This bug affected me during the same auto upgrade at the same time. I have the same error message in mysql.err :
121106 6:31:33 InnoDB: Started; log sequence number 0 1256879281 ERROR: 1064 You have an error in your SQL syntax; check the manual that corresponds to your MySQL server version for the right syntax to use near 'ALTER TABLE user ADD column Show_view_priv enum('N','Y') CHARACTER SET utf8 NOT ' at line 1 121106 6:31:33 [ERROR] Aborting it partially fucked my database. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1075484 Title: upgrade of mysql-server-5.1 to 5.1.66-0ubuntu0.10.04.1 removed InnoDB datafiles To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/mysql-dfsg-5.1/+bug/1075484/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs