Did your syslog contain any line similar to these?
/etc/mysql/debian-start[3138]: Upgrading MySQL tables if necessary.
/etc/mysql/debian-start[3141]: /usr/bin/mysql_upgrade: the '--basedir' option is always ignored
/etc/mysql/debian-start[3141]: Looking for 'mysql' as: /usr/bin/mysql
/etc/mysql/debian-start[3141]: Looking for 'mysqlcheck' as: /usr/bin/mysqlcheck
/etc/mysql/debian-start[3141]: This installation of MySQL is already upgraded to 10.0.9-MariaDB, use --force if you still need to run mysql_upgrade
/etc/mysql/debian-start[3152]: Checking for insecure root accounts.
/etc/mysql/debian-start[3157]: Triggering myisam-recover for all MyISAM tables
/etc/mysql/debian-start[3719]: Upgrading MySQL tables if necessary.
/etc/mysql/debian-start[3722]: /usr/bin/mysql_upgrade: the '--basedir' option is always ignored
/etc/mysql/debian-start[3722]: Looking for 'mysql' as: /usr/bin/mysql
/etc/mysql/debian-start[3722]: Looking for 'mysqlcheck' as: /usr/bin/mysqlcheck
/etc/mysql/debian-start[3722]: This installation of MySQL is already upgraded to 10.0.9-MariaDB, use --force if you still need to run mysql_upgrade
/etc/mysql/debian-start[3733]: Checking for insecure root accounts.
/etc/mysql/debian-start[3738]: Triggering myisam-recover for all MyISAM tables
mysqld_safe[5671]:
mysqld_safe[5671]: Installation of system tables failed! Examine the logs in
mysqld_safe[5671]: /var/lib/mysql for more information.
mysqld_safe[5671]:
mysqld_safe[5671]: The problem could be conflicting information in an external
mysqld_safe[5671]: my.cnf files. You can ignore these by doing:
mysqld_safe[5671]:
mysqld_safe[5671]: shell> /usr/scripts/scripts/mysql_install_db --defaults-file=~/.my.cnf
mysqld_safe[5671]:
mysqld_safe[5671]: You can also try to start the mysqld daemon with:
mysqld_safe[5671]:
mysqld_safe[5671]: shell> /usr/sbin/mysqld --skip-grant --general-log &
mysqld_safe[5671]:
mysqld_safe[5671]: and use the command line tool /usr/bin/mysql
mysqld_safe[5671]: to connect to the mysql database and look at the grant tables:
mysqld_safe[5671]:
mysqld_safe[5671]: shell> /usr/bin/mysql -u root mysql
mysqld_safe[5671]: mysql> show tables
mysqld_safe[5671]:
mysqld_safe[5671]: Try 'mysqld --help' if you have problems with paths. Using
mysqld_safe[5671]: --general-log gives you a log in /var/lib/mysql that may be helpful.
mysqld_safe[5671]:
mysqld_safe[5671]: The latest information about mysql_install_db is available at
mysqld_safe[5671]: https://mariadb.com/kb/en/installing-system-tables-mysql_install_db
mysqld_safe[5671]: MariaDB is hosted on launchpad; You can find the latest source and
mysqld_safe[5671]: email lists at http://launchpad.net/maria
mysqld_safe[5671]:
mysqld_safe[5671]: Please check all of the above before submitting a bug report
mysqld_safe[5671]: at http://mariadb.org/jira
mysqld_safe[5671]:
/etc/init.d/mysql[6513]: 0 processes alive and '/usr/bin/mysqladmin --defaults-file=/etc/mysql/debian.cnf ping' resulted in
/etc/init.d/mysql[6513]: #007/usr/bin/mysqladmin: connect to server at 'localhost' failed
/etc/init.d/mysql[6513]: error: 'Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket '/var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock' (2)'
/etc/init.d/mysql[6513]: Check that mysqld is running and that the socket: '/var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock' exists!
/etc/init.d/mysql[6513]:
Did your syslog contain any line similar to these?
/etc/mysql/ debian- start[3138] : Upgrading MySQL tables if necessary. debian- start[3141] : /usr/bin/ mysql_upgrade: the '--basedir' option is always ignored debian- start[3141] : Looking for 'mysql' as: /usr/bin/mysql debian- start[3141] : Looking for 'mysqlcheck' as: /usr/bin/mysqlcheck debian- start[3141] : This installation of MySQL is already upgraded to 10.0.9-MariaDB, use --force if you still need to run mysql_upgrade debian- start[3152] : Checking for insecure root accounts. debian- start[3157] : Triggering myisam-recover for all MyISAM tables debian- start[3719] : Upgrading MySQL tables if necessary. debian- start[3722] : /usr/bin/ mysql_upgrade: the '--basedir' option is always ignored debian- start[3722] : Looking for 'mysql' as: /usr/bin/mysql debian- start[3722] : Looking for 'mysqlcheck' as: /usr/bin/mysqlcheck debian- start[3722] : This installation of MySQL is already upgraded to 10.0.9-MariaDB, use --force if you still need to run mysql_upgrade debian- start[3733] : Checking for insecure root accounts. debian- start[3738] : Triggering myisam-recover for all MyISAM tables scripts/ mysql_install_ db --defaults- file=~/ .my.cnf /mariadb. com/kb/ en/installing- system- tables- mysql_install_ db launchpad. net/maria mariadb. org/jira d/mysql[ 6513]: 0 processes alive and '/usr/bin/ mysqladmin --defaults- file=/etc/ mysql/debian. cnf ping' resulted in d/mysql[ 6513]: #007/usr/ bin/mysqladmin: connect to server at 'localhost' failed d/mysql[ 6513]: error: 'Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket '/var/run/ mysqld/ mysqld. sock' (2)' d/mysql[ 6513]: Check that mysqld is running and that the socket: '/var/run/ mysqld/ mysqld. sock' exists! d/mysql[ 6513]:
/etc/mysql/
/etc/mysql/
/etc/mysql/
/etc/mysql/
/etc/mysql/
/etc/mysql/
/etc/mysql/
/etc/mysql/
/etc/mysql/
/etc/mysql/
/etc/mysql/
/etc/mysql/
/etc/mysql/
mysqld_safe[5671]:
mysqld_safe[5671]: Installation of system tables failed! Examine the logs in
mysqld_safe[5671]: /var/lib/mysql for more information.
mysqld_safe[5671]:
mysqld_safe[5671]: The problem could be conflicting information in an external
mysqld_safe[5671]: my.cnf files. You can ignore these by doing:
mysqld_safe[5671]:
mysqld_safe[5671]: shell> /usr/scripts/
mysqld_safe[5671]:
mysqld_safe[5671]: You can also try to start the mysqld daemon with:
mysqld_safe[5671]:
mysqld_safe[5671]: shell> /usr/sbin/mysqld --skip-grant --general-log &
mysqld_safe[5671]:
mysqld_safe[5671]: and use the command line tool /usr/bin/mysql
mysqld_safe[5671]: to connect to the mysql database and look at the grant tables:
mysqld_safe[5671]:
mysqld_safe[5671]: shell> /usr/bin/mysql -u root mysql
mysqld_safe[5671]: mysql> show tables
mysqld_safe[5671]:
mysqld_safe[5671]: Try 'mysqld --help' if you have problems with paths. Using
mysqld_safe[5671]: --general-log gives you a log in /var/lib/mysql that may be helpful.
mysqld_safe[5671]:
mysqld_safe[5671]: The latest information about mysql_install_db is available at
mysqld_safe[5671]: https:/
mysqld_safe[5671]: MariaDB is hosted on launchpad; You can find the latest source and
mysqld_safe[5671]: email lists at http://
mysqld_safe[5671]:
mysqld_safe[5671]: Please check all of the above before submitting a bug report
mysqld_safe[5671]: at http://
mysqld_safe[5671]:
/etc/init.
/etc/init.
/etc/init.
/etc/init.
/etc/init.