Oops, so I should have been doing sudo /etc/init.d/mysql start, so that last
error is irrelevant. So now when I do it correctly it tells me that i should
now use sudo start mysql or sudo service mysql start. Both of these report
that mysql is already running when during the install it has hung on start
mysql, as in the screen shot.

On Wed, Apr 28, 2010 at 10:05 PM, Nev Delap <email address hidden> wrote:

> Actually it looks like starting mysql had hung. Here is a screenshot. I
> killed the start mysql and it continued. Then doing su...
>
> ERROR 2002 (HY000): Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket
> '/var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock' (2)
>
>
> On Wed, Apr 28, 2010 at 9:55 PM, Nev Delap <email address hidden> wrote:
>
>> Hi. A bit more. Because for other reasons the upgrade failed I have done a
>> full fresh install. Installing the mysql-server clean it has also hung.
>> Unlike in the upgrade when I do ctrl+c and it asks if I really want to do
>> it, and I say yes, in Synaptic it is not killing and skipping it. I'm not
>> sure that it is having the issue at exactly the same place because during
>> the upgrade it mentioned something about doing something with the
>> configuration file, this time it just show "setting up mysql-server-5.1".
>> Something called polkitd is the only thing using much cpu. If I kill that it
>> comes back. It's been stuck there for maybe half and hour.
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Apr 28, 2010 at 5:34 PM, Nev Delap <email address hidden> wrote:
>>
>>> Nope. It should have been completely standard.
>>>
>>>
>>> On Wed, Apr 28, 2010 at 5:19 PM, Mathias Gug <email address hidden> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Did you modify /etc/logrotate.d/mysql-server before the upgrade?
>>>>
>>>> ** Changed in: mysql-dfsg-5.1 (Ubuntu)
>>>>   Importance: Undecided => Low
>>>>
>>>> ** Changed in: mysql-dfsg-5.1 (Ubuntu)
>>>>       Status: New => Incomplete
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> package mysql-server-5.1 5.1.41-3ubuntu12 failed to install/upgrade:
>>>> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/571323
>>>> You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber
>>>> of the bug.
>>>>
>>>> Status in “mysql-dfsg-5.1” package in Ubuntu: Incomplete
>>>>
>>>> Bug description:
>>>> Upgrading mysql server in the upgrade to 10.04 was hung. It said it was
>>>> replacing a config file but didn't show a window to ask about replacing the
>>>> existing file or anything, so after maybe 20 minutes I Control-C'ed to let
>>>> the upgrade continue.
>>>>
>>>> ProblemType: Package
>>>> DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
>>>> Package: mysql-server-5.1 5.1.41-3ubuntu12
>>>> ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-19.56-generic
>>>> Uname: Linux 2.6.31-19-generic i686
>>>> Architecture: i386
>>>> Date: Wed Apr 28 12:44:36 2010
>>>> ErrorMessage:
>>>>  ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script killed by
>>>> signal (Interrupt)
>>>> InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-Netbook-Remix 9.10 "Karmic Koala" - Release
>>>> i386 (20091028.4)
>>>> MySQLConf.etc.mysql.conf.d..svn: Error: [Errno 21] Is a directory:
>>>> '/etc/mysql/conf.d/.svn'
>>>> MySQLVarLibDirListing: ['debian-5.1.flag', 'bananinha.err',
>>>> 'mysql_upgrade_info', 'bananinha.err-old', 'ib_logfile0', 'intelecrm',
>>>> 'new_intelest_site', 'ib_logfile1', 'mysql', 'ibdata1']
>>>> SourcePackage: mysql-dfsg-5.1
>>>> Title: package mysql-server-5.1 5.1.41-3ubuntu12 failed to
>>>> install/upgrade:
>>>> modified.conffile..etc.mysql.conf.d.mysqld.safe.syslog.cnf: [deleted]
>>>> modified.conffile..etc.mysql.debian.start: [deleted]
>>>>
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>>>>
>>>
>>>
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