Hi Thierry, First, thanks for any help on this sticky problem you can give. Here's what I've done along with notes:
I gave the command: sudo apt-get install --reinstall mysql-server-5.1 which results in: Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done Suggested packages: tinyca mailx Recommended packages: libhtml-template-perl The following packages will be upgraded: mysql-server-5.1 1 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded. Need to get 0B/7,008kB of archives. After this operation, 0B of additional disk space will be used. Preconfiguring packages ... (Reading database ... 193134 files and directories currently installed.) Preparing to replace mysql-server-5.1 5.1.41-3ubuntu12.3 (using .../mysql-server-5.1_5.1.41-3ubuntu12.6_i386.deb) ... This refuses to time out, hangs completely and won't exit with ctrl+c, so a force quit is needed. I then opened another shell and tried: mad...@madmod-laptop:~$ sudo dpkg --configure -a dpkg: status database area is locked by another process So then I restarted the computer and opened a shell and tried: mad...@madmod-laptop:~$ sudo dpkg --configure -a This resulted in: dpkg: error processing mysql-server-5.1 (--configure): Package is in a very bad inconsistent state - you should reinstall it before attempting configuration. Errors were encountered while processing: mysql-server-5.1 But at least update-manager is back to working. -- package mysql-server-5.1 5.1.41-3ubuntu12.3 failed to install/upgrade: Package is in a very bad inconsistent state - you should reinstall it before attempting a removal. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/613195 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