Looks like it is this...

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/mysql-dfsg-5.1/+bug/551130

On Wed, Apr 28, 2010 at 10:29 PM, Nev Delap <email address hidden> wrote:

> 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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>>>>> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/mysql-dfsg-5.1/+bug/571323/+subscribe
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
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