[debian-mysql] [Pkg-kde-extras] Processed: Reassign bug #672207 to mysql-server-core-5.5

Wed May 16 01:35:25 UTC 2012

Hi Nicolas,
I have mysql-server-core-5.5 installed because of a dependancy from KDE 
(kdepim -> kmail -> kdepim-runtime -> akonadi-server -> akonadi-backend-mysql 
-> mysql-server-core).  I also have mysql-common installed, but *not* mysql-
server-5.5.  mysql-server-core-5.5 and mysql-common are both at version 
5.5.23-2 and I just upgraded both from 5.1 a few days ago.

The only config file I can see is /etc/mysql/my.cnf (attached).  (The users 
have no .mycnf (or whatever the name is) files.)  It seems to be unchanged 
from the one shipped with mysql-common.

Below are my experiments and results.  As a quick summary, it looks like 
/usr/sbin/mysqld fails when /etc/mysql/conf.d is not present, but works when 
it is present even if it is empty.  The mysql-server-5.5 package ships 
/etc/mysql/conf.d (and the file mysqld_safe_syslog.cnf inside): I think a 
simple solution to the problem would be for mysql-server-core-5.5 package to 
ship an /etc/mysql/conf.d, either empty or with mysqld_safe_syslog.cnf inside.  
(I think a better (upstream) solution would be for mysqld not to fail if that 
directory is not present...)

1. On starting /usr/sbin/mysqld (as a regular user or root) from the command 
line I get the error:

$ /usr/sbin/mysqld 
/usr/sbin/mysqld: Can't read dir of '/etc/mysql/conf.d/' (Errcode: 2)
Fatal error in defaults handling. Program aborted

There is no apparent log file in /var/log, in $HOME, or in the directory in 
which the command was run.

This is the problem that kept amarok from working correctly for me.

2. If I made the empty directory /etc/mysql/conf.d:

$ /usr/sbin/mysqld 
120515 17:48:11 [Warning] Can't create test file /var/lib/mysql/lenny.lower-
test
120515 17:48:11 [Warning] Can't create test file /var/lib/mysql/lenny.lower-
test
/usr/sbin/mysqld: Can't change dir to '/var/lib/mysql/' (Errcode: 2)
120515 17:48:11 [ERROR] Aborting

120515 17:48:11 [Note] /usr/sbin/mysqld: Shutdown complete

It's the same when run as root.  Again, there is no apparent log file.

This solves the problem with amarok.

3. I also made the empty directory /var/lib/mysql:

120515 17:49:53 [Warning] Can't create test file /var/lib/mysql/lenny.lower-
test
120515 17:49:53 [Warning] Can't create test file /var/lib/mysql/lenny.lower-
test
120515 17:49:53 [Warning] One can only use the --user switch if running as 
root

120515 17:49:53 [Note] Plugin 'FEDERATED' is disabled.
/usr/sbin/mysqld: Table 'mysql.plugin' doesn't exist
120515 17:49:53 [ERROR] Can't open the mysql.plugin table. Please run 
mysql_upgrade to create it.
120515 17:49:53 InnoDB: The InnoDB memory heap is disabled
120515 17:49:53 InnoDB: Mutexes and rw_locks use GCC atomic builtins
120515 17:49:53 InnoDB: Compressed tables use zlib 1.2.7
120515 17:49:53 InnoDB: Using Linux native AIO
120515 17:49:53 InnoDB: Initializing buffer pool, size = 128.0M
120515 17:49:53 InnoDB: Completed initialization of buffer pool
120515 17:49:53  InnoDB: Operating system error number 13 in a file operation.
InnoDB: The error means mysqld does not have the access rights to
InnoDB: the directory.
InnoDB: File name ./ibdata1
InnoDB: File operation call: 'create'.
InnoDB: Cannot continue operation.

Running this as root is the same but without the 3 warning lines at the 
beginning.   Again, no logs.

This looks like it things are working correctly, but with no database files to 
access in /var/lib/mysql.

4. After removing the two empty directories I created, /etc/mysql/conf.d & 
/var/lib/mysql, I installed mysql-server-5.5 and its dependencies (mysql-
client-5.5 & libdbd-mysql-perl).  Everything worked as expected: root could 
start mysqld but a regular user could not because of the permissions on 
/var/lib/mysql.  /etc/mysql/conf.d was created.  The logs in /var/log/mysql* 
are strangely empty.

5. I purged mysql-server-5.5 (and mysql-client-5.5 & libdbd-mysql-perl).  
/etc/mysql/conf.d was removed, so back to step 1.  (/var/lib/mysql was not 
removed, presumably to avoid deleting data.)

Please let me know if I can provide anything further.

Best,
Jan

On Tuesday, May 15, 2012 02:56:17 PM Nicholas Bamber wrote:
> Jan,
> 	I've already replied. Actually we did need to know about this as per my
> latest email. I hope the transition goes okay and sorry for the mess.
> The Debian MySQL team got short staffed and now everything is a rush and
> chaos.
> 
> On 15/05/12 22:42, Jan Medlock wrote:
> > Apologies for re-assigning, then.
> > 
> > Is there any additional info I can send (to either Amarok or MySQL
> > maintainers)?
> > 
> > On Tuesday, May 15, 2012 02:02:40 PM Modestas Vainius wrote:
> >> reassign 672207 amarok 2.5.0-1
> >> severity 672207 grave
> >> tags 672207 - moreinfo
> >> thanks
> >> 
> >> On 2012 m. of May 15 d., Tuesday 23:48:05 Nicholas Bamber wrote:
> >>> tag 672207 +moreinfo
> >>> thanks,
> >>> 
> >>> Please send:
> >>> 
> >>> 1.) Whatever you have for config (Put 'xxxx' in place of any passwords)
> >>> 2.) log files of it working
> >>> 3,) log files of it not working.
> >> 
> >> I, as Amarok maintainer, can confirm that this is probably a bug in
> >> Amarok, not MySQL packages. Amarok is not supposed to depend on system
> >> MySQL at runtime but currencty it does. For some reason, MySQL embedded
> >> into Amarok ignores "language" directive and finds errmsg.sys in the
> >> global system path /usr/share/mysql/english rather than the one shipped
> >> by amarok-common.

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#
# The MySQL database server configuration file.
#
# You can copy this to one of:
# - "/etc/mysql/my.cnf" to set global options,
# - "~/.my.cnf" to set user-specific options.
# 
# One can use all long options that the program supports.
# Run program with --help to get a list of available options and with
# --print-defaults to see which it would actually understand and use.
#
# For explanations see
# http://dev.mysql.com/doc/mysql/en/server-system-variables.html

# This will be passed to all mysql clients
# It has been reported that passwords should be enclosed with ticks/quotes
# escpecially if they contain "#" chars...
# Remember to edit /etc/mysql/debian.cnf when changing the socket location.
[client]
port		= 3306
socket		= /run/mysqld/mysqld.sock

# Here is entries for some specific programs
# The following values assume you have at least 32M ram

# This was formally known as [safe_mysqld]. Both versions are currently parsed.
[mysqld_safe]
socket		= /run/mysqld/mysqld.sock
nice		= 0

[mysqld]
#
# * Basic Settings
#
user		= mysql
pid-file	= /run/mysqld/mysqld.pid
socket		= /run/mysqld/mysqld.sock
port		= 3306
basedir		= /usr
datadir		= /var/lib/mysql
tmpdir		= /tmp
lc-messages-dir	= /usr/share/mysql
skip-external-locking
#
# Instead of skip-networking the default is now to listen only on
# localhost which is more compatible and is not less secure.
bind-address		= 127.0.0.1
#
# * Fine Tuning
#
key_buffer		= 16M
max_allowed_packet	= 16M
thread_stack		= 192K
thread_cache_size       = 8
# This replaces the startup script and checks MyISAM tables if needed
# the first time they are touched
myisam-recover         = BACKUP
#max_connections        = 100
#table_cache            = 64
#thread_concurrency     = 10
#
# * Query Cache Configuration
#
query_cache_limit	= 1M
query_cache_size        = 16M
#
# * Logging and Replication
#
# Both location gets rotated by the cronjob.
# Be aware that this log type is a performance killer.
# As of 5.1 you can enable the log at runtime!
#general_log_file        = /var/log/mysql/mysql.log
#general_log             = 1
#
# Error logging goes to syslog due to /etc/mysql/conf.d/mysqld_safe_syslog.cnf.
#
# Here you can see queries with especially long duration
#log_slow_queries	= /var/log/mysql/mysql-slow.log
#long_query_time = 2
#log-queries-not-using-indexes
#
# The following can be used as easy to replay backup logs or for replication.
# note: if you are setting up a replication slave, see README.Debian about
#       other settings you may need to change.
#server-id		= 1
#log_bin			= /var/log/mysql/mysql-bin.log
expire_logs_days	= 10
max_binlog_size         = 100M
#binlog_do_db		= include_database_name
#binlog_ignore_db	= include_database_name
#
# * InnoDB
#
# InnoDB is enabled by default with a 10MB datafile in /var/lib/mysql/.
# Read the manual for more InnoDB related options. There are many!
#
# * Security Features
#
# Read the manual, too, if you want chroot!
# chroot = /var/lib/mysql/
#
# For generating SSL certificates I recommend the OpenSSL GUI "tinyca".
#
# ssl-ca=/etc/mysql/cacert.pem
# ssl-cert=/etc/mysql/server-cert.pem
# ssl-key=/etc/mysql/server-key.pem

[mysqldump]
quick
quote-names
max_allowed_packet	= 16M

[mysql]
#no-auto-rehash	# faster start of mysql but no tab completition

[isamchk]
key_buffer		= 16M

#
# * IMPORTANT: Additional settings that can override those from this file!
#   The files must end with '.cnf', otherwise they'll be ignored.
#
!includedir /etc/mysql/conf.d/