Setting up mysql-server-5.5 (5.5.22-0ubuntu1) ...
120602 19:31:11 [Note] Plugin 'FEDERATED' is disabled.
120602 19:31:11 InnoDB: The InnoDB memory heap is disabled
120602 19:31:11 InnoDB: Mutexes and rw_locks use GCC atomic builtins
120602 19:31:11 InnoDB: Compressed tables use zlib 1.2.3.4
120602 19:31:11 InnoDB: Initializing buffer pool, size = 128.0M
120602 19:31:11 InnoDB: Completed initialization of buffer pool
120602 19:31:11 InnoDB: highest supported file format is Barracuda.
120602 19:31:11  InnoDB: Waiting for the background threads to start
120602 19:31:12 InnoDB: 1.1.8 started; log sequence number 1602894
120602 19:31:12 [ERROR] /usr/sbin/mysqld: Incorrect information in file: './mysql/proxies_priv.frm'
120602 19:31:12 [ERROR] Fatal error: Can't open and lock privilege tables: Incorrect information in file: './mysql/proxies_priv.frm'
ERROR: 1033  Incorrect information in file: './mysql/proxies_priv.frm'
120602 19:31:12 [ERROR] Aborting

120602 19:31:12  InnoDB: Starting shutdown...
120602 19:31:13  InnoDB: Shutdown completed; log sequence number 1602894
120602 19:31:13 [Note] /usr/sbin/mysqld: Shutdown complete

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