MySQL fails to start after Ubuntu upgrade

anjanesh · #1 (**permalink**) 11-04-11, 22:17

After an upgrade from Ubuntu 11.04 to 11.10, mysql stopped running. I tried starting it manually and it failed. What could be wrong ? Logs seem to be empty.

Code:

~$ sudo /etc/init.d/mysql start
[sudo] password for anjanesh: 
 * Starting MySQL database server mysqld                                 [fail] 
~$ cat /var/log/mysql
mysql/          mysql.log.1.gz  mysql.log.4.gz  mysql.log.7.gz
mysql.err       mysql.log.2.gz  mysql.log.5.gz  
mysql.log       mysql.log.3.gz  mysql.log.6.gz  
~$ cat /var/log/mysql.err 
~$ cat /var/log/mysql.log

anjanesh · #2 (**permalink**) 11-04-11, 23:49

I don't know what happened during the upgrade but it looked like it changed the mysql settings. sudo apt-get install mysql-server seemed to have solved the problem. How did mysql get removed in the first place, I dont know.

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