package mysql-server-5.0 None [modified: /var/lib/dpkg/info/mysql-server-5.0.list] failed to install/upgrade: subprocess pre-removal script returned error exit status 1

[bigbill]

i was uninstalling the package

ProblemType: Package
Architecture: i386
Date: Fri Aug 29 16:09:24 2008
Dependencies:

DistroRelease: Ubuntu 8.04
ErrorMessage: subprocess pre-removal script returned error exit status 1
Package: mysql-server-5.0 None [modified: /var/lib/dpkg/info/mysql-server-5.0.list]
PackageArchitecture: i386
SourcePackage: mysql-dfsg-5.0
Title: package mysql-server-5.0 None [modified: /var/lib/dpkg/info/mysql-server-5.0.list] failed to install/upgrade: subprocess pre-removal script returned error exit status 1
Uname: Linux 2.6.24-21-generic i686

[Mathias Gug (mathiaz)]

Could you check in /var/log/daemon.log why mysqld is failing to be stopped ?

Did you modify mysql init script ?

[bigbill (taspkes)]

Mathias Gug wrote:
> Could you check in /var/log/daemon.log why mysqld is failing to be
> stopped ?
>
> Did you modify mysql init script ?
>
> ** Changed in: mysql-dfsg-5.0 (Ubuntu)
> Status: New => Incomplete
>
> hi Greg,
I was trying to uninstall Mysql when the error occured. I did not modify
mysql init script ( i wouldn't know how or why). the attachments are the
daemon .log that you asked for. i hope it helps

regards,
bill

[Mathias Gug (mathiaz)]

Could you try to stop mysql from the command line by running:

  sudo /etc/init.d/mysql stop ?

What is the result ? Is there anything printed in /var/log/daemon.log ?

[bigbill (taspkes)]

Mathias Gug wrote:
> Could you try to stop mysql from the command line by running:
>
> sudo /etc/init.d/mysql stop ?
>
> What is the result ? Is there anything printed in /var/log/daemon.log
>
Greg,
i did not try to stop the process i was trying to uninstall the program.
enclosed is a copy of the log file.

sorry i can not be of any more help, i am not that well versed in linux
but i am trying.

i will do anything you ask of me to help you get information you need.
regards,
bill

[Crewsr3 (crewsr3)]

We are closing this bug report because it lacks the information we need to investigate the problem, as described in the previous comments. Please reopen it if you can give us the missing information, and don't hesitate to submit bug reports in the future. To reopen the bug report you can click on the current status, under the Status column, and change the Status back to "New". Thanks again!