mysql-server-5.0 installation fails

[Oguz Yarimtepe]

At the UNR 1.0 because of the undefined variable INITOUTPUT at the /etc/lsb-base-logging.sh, mysql-server-5.0 and mysql-server installation fails.

Commenting the line 84 and 106 which are starting as

if [ "INITOUTPUT" = "yes" ]; then

....

fi //should be commented also

is solving the problem. Indeed i don't know why this if condition is defined there. Anybody knows why the INITOUTPUT is written there?

[Chris Wayne (cwayne)]

Using Dell Mini 9, UNR 1.0.1, I was able to recreate this bug

[nosolosw (nosolosw)]

Hi,

I had the same error for my mini dell inspiron 12". I have resolved it by commenting the lines where the INITOUTPUT var was checked. I'm uploading a patch to fix this.

If you want use this patch, you have to do:

1. Download the patch attached in this comment to /tmp, naming mysql-server-error.patch
2. Aplly the patch:

     cd /etc
     sudo patch lsb-base-loggin.sh < /tmp/mysql-server-error.patch

[Rick Richardson (rick-richardson)]

Ditto. Using Dell Mini 9, UNR 1.0.1, I was able to recreate this bug

[patryk (pbratkowski)]

I have had the same problem, also using UNR 1.0.1.

I tried installing it about a month and a half ago, so every time I ran apt-get, or synaptic, it gave me errors.

I finally replaced the /etc/lsb-base-logging.sh with the version on my home machine (Ubuntu 8.10), and after running 'apt-get install -f' it finally completed the installation.

[Iain (iain-beeston)]

I can confirm I get the same problem on UNR 1.0.1 on an acer aspire one netbook

[Jerry (gefarru)]

I have the same problem, can someone explain me how to operate step by step?

Thanks Jerry

[Holger Koch (atarax)]

I can confirm this bug on my Dell Mini 9 with regular Ubuntu 8.04 installation from dell-mini.archive.canonical.com.

I could purge the package mysql-server-5.0 and reinstall it by adding the line

INITOUTPUT=no

to /etc/default/rcS

But the server only runs without (notified) errors when replacing any log message calls (for example: log_daemon_msg "Starting MySQL database server" "mysqld") in /etc/init.d/mysql after the line

case $1 in

with the value "true". This seems to me a bad work around, since it only keeps the mysql-server from telling you about its problems...

[RishiRamraj (thereisnocowlevel)]

Confirmed using hp mini 1000.

I was able to use aptitude without problems by calling

export INITPUTPUT='yes'

before running aptitude.

atarax, have you tried setting INITOUTPUT=yes in rcS? It seems to work fine for me.

[Paul Larson (pwlars)]

Moving to Ubuntu distribution

[Calvin Mitchell (calvin674)]

patch failed on my karmic installation with:
sudo patch ./lsb-base-logging.sh < /tmp/mysql-server-error.patch
patching file ./lsb-base-logging.sh
Hunk #1 FAILED at 84.
Hunk #2 FAILED at 114.
Hunk #3 FAILED at 136.
Hunk #4 FAILED at 156.
4 out of 4 hunks FAILED -- saving rejects to file ./lsb-base-logging.sh.rej

restored lsb-base-logging.sh from backup;

sudo apt-get install mysql-server
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required:
  libboost-date-time1.34.1 libboost-thread1.34.1
Use 'apt-get autoremove' to remove them.
The following extra packages will be installed:
  libhtml-template-perl mysql-server-5.0
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  libhtml-template-perl mysql-server mysql-server-5.0
0 upgraded, 3 newly installed, 0 to remove and 1 not upgraded.
Need to get 0B/24.3MB of archives.
After this operation, 82.1MB of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue [Y/n]? y
Preconfiguring packages ...
(Reading database ... 338086 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking mysql-server-5.0 (from .../mysql-server-5.0_5.1.30really5.0.83-0ubuntu1_amd64.deb) ...
Aborting downgrade from (at least) 5.1 to 5.0.
dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/mysql-server-5.0_5.1.30really5.0.83-0ubuntu1_amd64.deb (--unpack):
 subprocess new pre-installation script returned error exit status 1
Selecting previously deselected package libhtml-template-perl.
Unpacking libhtml-template-perl (from .../libhtml-template-perl_2.9-1_all.deb) ...
Unpacking mysql-server (from .../mysql-server_5.1.30really5.0.83-0ubuntu1_all.deb) ...
Processing triggers for man-db ...
Errors were encountered while processing:
 /var/cache/apt/archives/mysql-server-5.0_5.1.30really5.0.83-0ubuntu1_amd64.deb
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

attachment: my original karmic lsb-base-logging.sh

[Declan McGrath (declanmg)]

@RishiRamraj Your fix of setting INITOUTPUT=yes in the /etc/default/rcS file before running aptitude has worked for me on my Dell Mini 10. Thanks so much!

[Peter Belew (peterbe)]

I'm running Dell's release of Ubuntu on a 10v netbook.

I installed Apache2, php, and then attempted to install mysql and mysql-server (mysql-server-5.0), using synaptic. The mysql server failed to install completely, and cannot be removed, with synaptic,

 Ubuntu version and kernel version
DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu
DISTRIB_RELEASE=8.04
DISTRIB_CODENAME=hardy
DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Ubuntu 8.04.2"
Linux mini 2.6.24-24-lpia #1 SMP Wed May 6 17:43:36 UTC 2009 i686 GNU/Linux
model name : Intel(R) Atom(TM) CPU N270 @ 1.60GHz
model name : Intel(R) Atom(TM) CPU N270 @ 1.60GHz
cpu MHz : 1600.000
cpu MHz : 1600.000

dpkg tells me:

# dpkg -C
The following packages are in a mess due to serious problems during
installation. They must be reinstalled for them (and any packages
that depend on them) to function properly:
 mysql-server-5.0 MySQL database server binaries

An attempt to install mysql-server with apt-get results in the following complaints:

# apt-get install mysql-server
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required:
  libnm-util0
Use 'apt-get autoremove' to remove them.
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  mysql-server
0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 1 not upgraded.
1 not fully installed or removed.
Need to get 0B/27.4MB of archives.
After this operation, 90.1kB of additional disk space will be used.
Preconfiguring packages ...
Selecting previously deselected package mysql-server-5.0.
(Reading database ... 103942 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to replace mysql-server-5.0 5.0.51a-3ubuntu5.1 (using .../mysql-server-5.0_5.0.51a-3ubuntu5.1_lpia.deb) ...
/etc/lsb-base-logging.sh: line 84: INITOUTPUT: unbound variable
invoke-rc.d: initscript mysql, action "stop" failed.
dpkg: warning - old pre-removal script returned error exit status 1
dpkg - trying script from the new package instead ...
/etc/lsb-base-logging.sh: line 84: INITOUTPUT: unbound variable
invoke-rc.d: initscript mysql, action "stop" failed.
dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/mysql-server-5.0_5.0.51a-3ubuntu5.1_lpia.deb (--unpack):
 subprocess new pre-removal script returned error exit status 1
/etc/lsb-base-logging.sh: line 84: INITOUTPUT: unbound variable
invoke-rc.d: initscript mysql, action "stop" failed.
/etc/lsb-base-logging.sh: line 84: INITOUTPUT: unbound variable
invoke-rc.d: initscript mysql, action "start" failed.
dpkg: error while cleaning up:
 subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1
Unpacking mysql-server (from .../mysql-server_5.0.51a-3ubuntu5.4_all.deb) ...
/etc/lsb-base-logging.sh: line 84: INITOUTPUT: unbound variable
invoke-rc.d: initscript mysql, action "stop" failed.
invoke-rc.d returned 1
There is a MySQL server running, but we failed in our attempts to stop it.
Stop it yourself and try again!
dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/mysql-server_5.0.51a-3ubuntu5.4_all.deb (--unpack):
 subprocess pre-installation script returned error exit status 1
Errors were encountered while processing:
 /var/cache/apt/archives/mysql-server-5.0_5.0.51a-3ubuntu...

[Peter Belew (peterbe)]

I put INITOUTPUT=yes in /etc/default/rcS, and I was able to install mysql-server (after rebooting) from synaptic - I specifically installed the metapackage mysql-server. (Again, this is in the netbook version of hardy 8.04.2 which comes with the Dell 10v netbook).