package mysql-server-5.5 5.5.24-0ubuntu0.12.04.1 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1

[Philip Monegan]

philip@philip-OptiPlex-GX150:~$ lsb_release -rd
Description: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS
Release: 12.04

apt-cache policy mysql-server-5.5
mysql-server-5.5:
  Installed: 5.5.24-0ubuntu0.12.04.1
  Candidate: 5.5.24-0ubuntu0.12.04.1
  Version table:
 *** 5.5.24-0ubuntu0.12.04.1 0
        500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise-updates/main i386 Packages
        500 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise-security/main i386 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
     5.5.22-0ubuntu1 0
        500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise/main i386 Packages

expectation:
     Mysql to complete update-reinstall from Ubuntu 11.10 to 12.04. Mysql stopped working since the 12.04 release.

Unexpected:
Setting up mysql-server-5.5 (5.5.24-0ubuntu0.12.04.1) ...
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
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: mysql-server-5.5 5.5.24-0ubuntu0.12.04.1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-25.40-generic 3.2.18
Uname: Linux 3.2.0-25-generic i686
ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu8
Architecture: i386
Date: Wed Jun 27 10:31:21 2012
DuplicateSignature:
 Setting up mysql-server-5.5 (5.5.24-0ubuntu0.12.04.1) ...
 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
ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
InstallationMedia: Xubuntu 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" - Release i386 (20101008.1)
Logs.var.log.daemon.log:

MySQLConf.etc.mysql.conf.d.mysqld.safe.syslog.cnf:
 [mysqld_safe]
 syslog
MySQLVarLibDirListing: ['debian-5.1.flag', 'mysql', 'commentsys', 'test', 'performance_schema', 'ibdata1', 'debian-5.5.flag', 'mysql_upgrade_info', 'phpmyadmin', 'ib_logfile0', 'ib_logfile1']
SourcePackage: mysql-5.5
Title: package mysql-server-5.5 5.5.24-0ubuntu0.12.04.1 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to precise on 2012-04-28 (60 days ago)

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