[debian-mysql] Bug#575213: mysql-server-5.1:Installation error

[Deepak Tripathi]

Package: mysql-server-5.1
Version: 5.1.45-1
Severity: important

Hi,   we i am trying to install mysql-server from command apt-get install
mysql-server. I am getting following installation error.  Please find the error
below.  -- dk at debian:~$ cat /tmp/error.txt  Reading package lists... Building
dependency tree... Reading state information... Suggested packages:   tinyca
The following NEW packages will be installed:   mysql-server mysql-server-5.1
Preconfiguring packages ... 0 upgraded, 2 newly installed, 0 to remove and 2
not upgraded. Need to get 0B/11.8MB of archives. After this operation, 27.0MB
of additional disk space will be used. Selecting previously deselected package
mysql-server-5.1. (Reading database ... 146617 files and directories currently
installed.) Unpacking mysql-server-5.1 (from .../mysql-
server-5.1_5.1.45-1_i386.deb) ... Selecting previously deselected package
mysql-server. Unpacking mysql-server (from .../mysql-server_5.1.45-1_all.deb)
... Processing triggers for man-db ... Setting up mysql-server-5.1 (5.1.45-1)
... Stopping MySQL database server: mysqld. 100324 15:23:47 [Note] Plugin
'FEDERATED' is disabled. 100324 15:23:47  InnoDB: Started; log sequence number
0 44233 100324 15:23:47  InnoDB: Starting shutdown... 100324 15:23:52  InnoDB:
Shutdown completed; log sequence number 0 44233 Starting MySQL database server:
mysqld . . . . . . . . . . . . . . failed! invoke-rc.d: initscript mysql,
action "start" failed. dpkg: error processing mysql-server-5.1 (--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-5.1; however:   Package mysql-server-5.1 is not
configured yet. dpkg: error processing mysql-server (--configure):  dependency
problems - leaving unconfigured Errors were encountered while processing:
mysql-server-5.1  mysql-server dk at debian:~$  --


-- System Information:
Debian Release: squeeze/sid
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.32-bpo.2-686 (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash

Versions of packages mysql-server-5.1 depends on:
ii  adduser                 3.112            add and remove users and groups
ii  debconf [debconf-2.0]   1.5.30           Debian configuration management sy
ii  libc6                   2.10.2-6         Embedded GNU C Library: Shared lib
ii  libdbi-perl             1.609-1          Perl Database Interface (DBI)
ii  libgcc1                 1:4.4.3-5        GCC support library
ii  libmysqlclient16        5.1.45-1         MySQL database client library
ii  libstdc++6              4.4.3-5          The GNU Standard C++ Library v3
ii  libwrap0                7.6.q-18         Wietse Venema's TCP wrappers libra
ii  lsb-base                3.2-23           Linux Standard Base 3.2 init scrip
ii  mysql-client-5.1        5.1.45-1         MySQL database client binaries
ii  mysql-common            5.1.45-1         MySQL database common files, e.g. 
ii  passwd                  1:4.1.4.2-1      change and administer password and
ii  perl                    5.10.1-11        Larry Wall's Practical Extraction 
ii  psmisc                  22.10-1          utilities that use the proc file s
ii  zlib1g                  1:1.2.3.4.dfsg-3 compression library - runtime

Versions of packages mysql-server-5.1 recommends:
ii  bsd-mailx [mailx]  8.1.2-0.20100314cvs-1 simple mail user agent
ii  libhtml-template-p 2.9-1                 HTML::Template : A module for usin

Versions of packages mysql-server-5.1 suggests:
pn  tinyca                        <none>     (no description available)

-- debconf information:
  mysql-server/error_setting_password:
  mysql-server-5.1/start_on_boot: true
  mysql-server-5.1/postrm_remove_databases: false
  mysql-server-5.1/nis_warning:
  mysql-server-5.1/really_downgrade: false
  mysql-server/password_mismatch:
  mysql-server/no_upgrade_when_using_ndb: