package dbconfig-common (not installed) failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1

[Angelo]

Binary package hint: dbconfig-common

I failed to configure phpmyadmin because it couldn't connect to socket: (ERROR 2002 (HY000): Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket '/var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock') and the server was running!

ProblemType: Package
Architecture: i386
Date: Fri Nov 6 18:34:29 2009
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Package: dbconfig-common (not installed)
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-14.48-generic
SourcePackage: dbconfig-common
Title: package dbconfig-common (not installed) failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
Uname: Linux 2.6.31-14-generic i686