package mysql-server-5.5 5.5.44-0ubuntu0.14.04.1 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1

[Petr Malik]

A problem report dialogue show up on the login screen after entering the password and hitting the Enter.

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
Package: mysql-server-5.5 5.5.44-0ubuntu0.14.04.1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-57.95-generic 3.13.11-ckt21
Uname: Linux 3.13.0-57-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.11
Architecture: amd64
Date: Tue Jul 21 21:01:14 2015
DuplicateSignature: package:mysql-server-5.5:5.5.44-0ubuntu0.14.04.1:subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
InstallationDate: Installed on 2015-01-09 (193 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 14.04.1 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Release amd64 (20140722.2)
Logs.var.log.daemon.log:

Logs.var.log.mysql.error.log:
MySQLConf.etc.mysql.conf.d..keepme:
MySQLConf.etc.mysql.conf.d.1.system.1.common.cnf:
 [mysqld]
 datadir = /var/lib/mysql/data
MySQLConf.etc.mysql.conf.d.mysqld.safe.syslog.cnf:
 [mysqld_safe]
 syslog
MySQLConf.etc.mysql.conf.d.overrides.cnf:
 [mysqld]
 datadir=/var/lib/mysql/data
MySQLConf.etc.mysql.my.cnf: contents
MySQLVarLibDirListing: ['data', 'nova', 'cinder', 'glance', 'debian-5.5.flag', 'mysql', 'keystone', 'performance_schema', 'ibdata1', 'mysql_upgrade_info', 'heat', 'trove']
ProcCmdline: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.13.0-57-generic root=UUID=fe43deae-2a5d-4802-8e90-814a9035fdf9 ro quiet splash
SourcePackage: mysql-5.5
Title: package mysql-server-5.5 5.5.44-0ubuntu0.14.04.1 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

[Robie Basak (racb)]

From log:

Setting up mysql-server-5.5 (5.5.44-0ubuntu0.14.04.1) ...
start: Job failed to start
invoke-rc.d: initscript mysql, action "start" failed.
dpkg: error processing package 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 package mysql-server (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured

[Robie Basak (racb)]

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better.

Since it seems likely to me that this is a local configuration problem, rather than a bug in Ubuntu, I'm marking this bug as Incomplete.

If indeed this is a local configuration problem, you can find pointers to get help for this sort of problem here: http://www.ubuntu.com/support/community

Or if you believe that this is really a bug, then you may find it helpful to read "How to report bugs effectively" http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/bugs.html. We'd be grateful if you would then provide a more complete description of the problem, explain why you believe this is a bug in Ubuntu rather than a problem specific to your system, and then change the bug status back to New.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

[Expired for mysql-5.5 (Ubuntu) because there has been no activity for 60 days.]