Yes, I am. I temporarily solved the problem by uninstalling mysql-server.
I just tried to install it again. mysqld will not start. This is what happened: m...@matt-ubuntu:~$ sudo apt-get install mysql-server Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done The following extra packages will be installed: libhtml-template-perl mysql-server-5.1 mysql-server-core-5.1 Suggested packages: libipc-sharedcache-perl tinyca mailx The following NEW packages will be installed: libhtml-template-perl mysql-server mysql-server-5.1 mysql-server-core-5.1 0 upgraded, 4 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded. Need to get 65.8kB/11.2MB of archives. After this operation, 25.8MB of additional disk space will be used. Do you want to continue [Y/n]? y Get:1 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com karmic/main libhtml-template-perl 2.9-1 [65.8kB] Fetched 65.8kB in 0s (92.1kB/s) Preconfiguring packages ... Selecting previously deselected package mysql-server-core-5.1. (Reading database ... 177230 files and directories currently installed.) Unpacking mysql-server-core-5.1 (from .../mysql-server-core-5.1_5.1.37-1ubuntu5.5_i386.deb) ... Selecting previously deselected package mysql-server-5.1. Unpacking mysql-server-5.1 (from .../mysql-server-5.1_5.1.37-1ubuntu5.5_i386.deb) ... * Stopping MySQL database server mysqld [ OK ] Selecting previously deselected package libhtml-template-perl. Unpacking libhtml-template-perl (from .../libhtml-template-perl_2.9-1_all.deb) ... Selecting previously deselected package mysql-server. Unpacking mysql-server (from .../mysql-server_5.1.37-1ubuntu5.5_all.deb) ... Processing triggers for man-db ... Processing triggers for ureadahead ... ureadahead will be reprofiled on next reboot Setting up mysql-server-core-5.1 (5.1.37-1ubuntu5.5) ... Setting up mysql-server-5.1 (5.1.37-1ubuntu5.5) ... * Stopping MySQL database server mysqld [ OK ] * Starting MySQL database server mysqld [fail] invoke-rc.d: initscript mysql, action "start" failed. dpkg: error processing mysql-server-5.1 (--configure): subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1 Setting up libhtml-template-perl (2.9-1) ... dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of mysql-server: mysql-server depends on mysql-server-5.1; however: Package mysql-server-5.1 is not configured yet. dpkg: error processing mysql-server (--configure): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured No apport report written because the error message indicates its a followup error from a previous failure. Errors were encountered while processing: mysql-server-5.1 mysql-server E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) m...@matt-ubuntu:~$ -- package mysql-server-5.1 5.1.37-1ubuntu5.5 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1 https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/681986 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