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mysql-dfsg-5.1 package

  1. Bug #613032
  2. Comment #5

Comment 5 for bug 613032

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Kim Alvefur (zash) wrote : Re: [Bug 613032] Re: Install broken, won't start

On Tue, 2010-08-03 at 16:59 +0000, Clint Byrum wrote:
> 1. What are the exact steps you took to reach this bug (commands used
> would be ideal, try using the 'history' command)

It broke when I upgraded from hardy to 10.04. Maybe because the machine
didn't run well with a PAE kernel and I had to do a hard reboot for it
to come back to life, or just a broken upgrade.
It used to get stuck in a xargs call in /etc/mysql/debian-start that
seemed to go forkbomb. Since then I've just been running `sudo -b -u
mysql mysqld`.
And after the recent mysql update, I tried to fix it by backing up all
the data and remove everything and reinstall, but apparently it just
broke even worse. :(

> 2. Did you choose a mysql root password when prompted?

Choosing a password results in it complaining about not being able to
change the password later, and then getting stuck on `start mysql`
again.