[ERROR] mysqld: Aria engine: log initialization failed

[Dreas van Donselaar]

MariaDB failed to start on one of our systems:
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Nov 1 13:35:03 server1 mysqld_safe: Starting mysqld daemon with databases from /var/lib/mysql
Nov 1 13:35:03 server1 mysqld: 111101 13:35:03 [Warning] 'master-host' is deprecated and will be removed in a future release. Please use ''CHANGE MASTER'' instead.
Nov 1 13:35:03 server1 mysqld: 111101 13:35:03 [Note] Plugin 'BLACKHOLE' is disabled.
Nov 1 13:35:03 server1 mysqld: 111101 13:35:03 [Note] Plugin 'CSV' is disabled.
Nov 1 13:35:03 server1 mysqld: 111101 13:35:03 [Note] Plugin 'FEDERATED' is disabled.
Nov 1 13:35:03 server1 mysqld: 111101 13:35:03 [ERROR] mysqld: Aria engine: log initialization failed
Nov 1 13:35:03 server1 mysqld: 111101 13:35:03 [ERROR] Plugin 'Aria' init function returned error.
Nov 1 13:35:03 server1 mysqld: 111101 13:35:03 [ERROR] Plugin 'Aria' registration as a STORAGE ENGINE failed.
Nov 1 13:35:03 server1 mysqld: 111101 13:35:03 [ERROR] Failed to initialize plugins.
Nov 1 13:35:03 server1 mysqld: 111101 13:35:03 [ERROR] Aborting
Nov 1 13:35:03 server1 mysqld:
Nov 1 13:35:03 server1 mysqld: 111101 13:35:03 [Note] /usr/sbin/mysqld: Shutdown complete
Nov 1 13:35:03 server1 mysqld:
Nov 1 13:35:03 server1 mysqld_safe: mysqld from pid file /var/run/mysqld/mysqld.pid ended
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Removing /var/lib/mysql/aria* allowed MariaDB to start again. I'll upload the corrupt Aria files to FTP (we verified on another system that it indeed fails to start with those files).

[Dreas van Donselaar (dreas-9)]

Exactly the same Aria bug occurred on another server after a storage issue. Removing the aria_log_control file allowed MariaDB 5.2.9 to start again. I'll upload another collection of data files to FTP.