An alternative explanation is that you were bitten by Debian bug #415124 (http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=415124). The same thing happened to me this morning. Do you use unattended-upgrade?
** Bug watch added: Debian Bug tracker #415124 http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=415124 -- ntpdate can cause mysqld to shut down https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/520615 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Server Team, which is subscribed to mysql-dfsg-5.0 in ubuntu. -- 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
