package mysql-server-5.0 5.0.67-0ubuntu6 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1, server cannot bind to port

[elakug]

I have been using mysql-5.0 for months. Yesterday, it refused to start. I backed up /var/lib/mysql and purged, then reinstalled. The server still cannot be started.

/var/log/syslog is below.

Rebooting, restarting networking, etc. does not work. Neither does changing the port.

System: Ubuntu 8.10
Linux bashful 2.6.27-9-generic #1 SMP Thu Nov 20 21:57:00 UTC 2008 i686 GNU/Linux

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Jan 18 23:35:29 bashful mysqld_safe[11823]: started
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Jan 18 23:35:29 bashful mysqld[11827]: 090118 23:35:29 InnoDB: Started; log sequence number 0 329830
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Jan 18 23:35:29 bashful mysqld[11827]: 090118 23:35:29 [ERROR] Can't start server: Bind on TCP/IP port: Cannot assign requested address
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Jan 18 23:35:29 bashful mysqld[11827]: 090118 23:35:29 [ERROR] Do you already have another mysqld server running on port: 3306 ?
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Jan 18 23:35:29 bashful mysqld[11827]: 090118 23:35:29 [ERROR] Aborting
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Jan 18 23:35:29 bashful mysqld[11827]:
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Jan 18 23:35:29 bashful mysqld[11827]: 090118 23:35:29 InnoDB: Starting shutdown...
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Jan 18 23:35:30 bashful mysqld[11827]: 090118 23:35:30 InnoDB: Shutdown completed; log sequence number 0 329830
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Jan 18 23:35:30 bashful mysqld[11827]: 090118 23:35:30 [Note] /usr/sbin/mysqld: Shutdown complete
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Jan 18 23:35:30 bashful mysqld[11827]:
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Jan 18 23:35:30 bashful mysqld_safe[11847]: ended
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Jan 18 23:35:43 bashful /etc/init.d/mysql[12013]: 0 processes alive and '/usr/bin/mysqladmin --defaults-file=/etc/mysql/debian.cnf ping' resulted in
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Jan 18 23:35:43 bashful /etc/init.d/mysql[12013]: ^G/usr/bin/mysqladmin: connect to server at 'localhost' failed
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Jan 18 23:35:43 bashful /etc/init.d/mysql[12013]: error: 'Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket '/var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock' (2)'
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Jan 18 23:35:43 bashful /etc/init.d/mysql[12013]: Check that mysqld is running and that the socket: '/var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock' exists!
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Jan 18 23:35:43 bashful /etc/init.d/mysql[12013]:

ProblemType: Package
Architecture: i386
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 8.10
ErrorMessage: subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1
NonfreeKernelModules: ath_hal
Package: mysql-server-5.0 5.0.67-0ubuntu6
SourcePackage: mysql-dfsg-5.0
Title: package mysql-server-5.0 5.0.67-0ubuntu6 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1
Uname: Linux 2.6.27-9-generic i686

[elakug (elakug)]

Bug proposed for closure.

Problem involved faulty dhcp.