Comment 3 for bug 1001553

Thats the console output

Unpacking mysql-client-5.5 (from .../mysql-client-5.5_5.5.22-0ubuntu1_i386.deb) ...
Selecting previously unselected package mysql-server-5.5.
Unpacking mysql-server-5.5 (from .../mysql-server-5.5_5.5.22-0ubuntu1_i386.deb) ...
egrep: /etc/mysql/: No such file or directory
Selecting previously unselected package mysql-server.
Unpacking mysql-server (from .../mysql-server_5.5.22-0ubuntu1_all.deb) ...
Processing triggers for man-db ...
Processing triggers for ureadahead ...
Setting up mysql-client-5.5 (5.5.22-0ubuntu1) ...
Setting up mysql-server-5.5 (5.5.22-0ubuntu1) ...
120522 16:27:58 [Note] Plugin 'FEDERATED' is disabled.
120522 16:27:58 InnoDB: The InnoDB memory heap is disabled
120522 16:27:58 InnoDB: Mutexes and rw_locks use GCC atomic builtins
120522 16:27:58 InnoDB: Compressed tables use zlib 1.2.3.4
120522 16:27:58 InnoDB: Initializing buffer pool, size = 128.0M
120522 16:27:58 InnoDB: Completed initialization of buffer pool
120522 16:27:58 InnoDB: highest supported file format is Barracuda.
120522 16:27:58 InnoDB: Waiting for the background threads to start
120522 16:27:59 InnoDB: 1.1.8 started; log sequence number 1589339
120522 16:27:59 InnoDB: Starting shutdown...
120522 16:27:59 InnoDB: Shutdown completed; log sequence number 1589339
start: Job failed to start
invoke-rc.d: initscript mysql, action "start" failed.
dpkg: error processing mysql-server-5.5 (--configure):
 subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of mysql-server:
 mysql-server depends on mysql-server-5.5; however:
  Package mysql-server-5.5 is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing mysql-server (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
No apport report written because the error message indicates its a followup error from a previous failure.
                                                                                                          E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

And thats the dpkg.log

2012-05-22 16:27:45 startup archives unpack
2012-05-22 16:27:45 install mysql-client-5.5 <none> 5.5.22-0ubuntu1
2012-05-22 16:27:45 status half-installed mysql-client-5.5 5.5.22-0ubuntu1
2012-05-22 16:27:47 status triggers-pending man-db 2.6.1-2
2012-05-22 16:27:47 status half-installed mysql-client-5.5 5.5.22-0ubuntu1
2012-05-22 16:27:47 status unpacked mysql-client-5.5 5.5.22-0ubuntu1
2012-05-22 16:27:47 status unpacked mysql-client-5.5 5.5.22-0ubuntu1
2012-05-22 16:27:47 install mysql-server-5.5 <none> 5.5.22-0ubuntu1
2012-05-22 16:27:47 status half-installed mysql-server-5.5 5.5.22-0ubuntu1
2012-05-22 16:27:50 status half-installed mysql-server-5.5 5.5.22-0ubuntu1
2012-05-22 16:27:50 status triggers-pending ureadahead 0.100.0-12
2012-05-22 16:27:50 status half-installed mysql-server-5.5 5.5.22-0ubuntu1
2012-05-22 16:27:50 status triggers-pending ureadahead 0.100.0-12
2012-05-22 16:27:50 status unpacked mysql-server-5.5 5.5.22-0ubuntu1
2012-05-22 16:27:50 status unpacked mysql-server-5.5 5.5.22-0ubuntu1
2012-05-22 16:27:51 install mysql-server <none> 5.5.22-0ubuntu1
2012-05-22 16:27:51 status half-installed mysql-server 5.5.22-0ubuntu1
2012-05-22 16:27:51 status unpacked mysql-server 5.5.22-0ubuntu1
2012-05-22 16:27:51 status unpacked mysql-server 5.5.22-0ubuntu1
2012-05-22 16:27:51 trigproc man-db 2.6.1-2 2.6.1-2
2012-05-22 16:27:51 status half-configured man-db 2.6.1-2
2012-05-22 16:27:53 status installed man-db 2.6.1-2
2012-05-22 16:27:53 trigproc ureadahead 0.100.0-12 0.100.0-11
2012-05-22 16:27:53 status half-configured ureadahead 0.100.0-12
2012-05-22 16:27:53 status installed ureadahead 0.100.0-12
2012-05-22 16:27:54 startup packages configure
2012-05-22 16:27:54 configure mysql-client-5.5 5.5.22-0ubuntu1 <none>
2012-05-22 16:27:54 status unpacked mysql-client-5.5 5.5.22-0ubuntu1