package mysql-server-5.0 5.1.30really5.0.75-0ubuntu10.5 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 127

[Wesley Jordan]

Update Manager hangs during install. Only way found to exit is to reboot. Not sure if it's related or just a coincidence but the system ran hard drive checks when rebooting which may have been triggered by the failed install. Also, strangely enough MySql is still working on the computer.

ProblemType: Package
Architecture: i386
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.04
ErrorMessage: subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 127
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Package: mysql-server-5.0 5.1.30really5.0.75-0ubuntu10.5
SourcePackage: mysql-dfsg-5.0
Title: package mysql-server-5.0 5.1.30really5.0.75-0ubuntu10.5 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 127
Uname: Linux 2.6.28-19-server i686

[Chuck Short (zulcss)]

/etc/init.d/mysql: line 115: /etc/mysql/debian-start: No such file or directory
invoke-rc.d: initscript mysql, action "start" failed.
dpkg: error processing mysql-server-5.0 (--configure):
 subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 127