On Wed, 2010-08-04 at 15:47 +0000, Clint Byrum wrote: > It sounds like this system was pretty > seriously damaged at one time, and may need to have a fresh install. Indeed :(
> chown mysql.mysql /var/lib/mysql/mysql/* > chmod 660 /var/lib/mysql/mysql/* Those files are owned by root:root and chmod 660 after a fresh (purge, no /var/lib/mysql, and) install. I don't have the original database files anymore, so I can't put those back. > Now, if mysql starts and sees your data, then you know the problem was > probably a configuration issue from the /etc/mysql.old directory. > However, if it still fails, then there may be some serious issues with > your data. Upon failure or success, please come back and post the > results, maybe another log file showing what happened. `start mysql` gives start: Job failed to start and this in syslog: mysql pre-start process (3541) terminated with status 1 However, `sudo -u mysql mysqld_safe` worked, and I could connect with the root account and no password. I did set a password during install, and it later complained about failing to change it. -- Install broken, won't start https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/613032 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Server Team, which is subscribed to mysql-dfsg-5.1 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
