[debian-mysql] Bug#799433: mysql-server-5.5: the server doesn't start

[Janusz S. Bień]

Package: mysql-server-5.5
Version: 5.5.44-0+deb8u1
Severity: grave
File: /etc/init.d/mysql

I have circumvented the problem reported in #798743 by removing

if [ -x "/etc/init.d/mysql" ]; then
	update-rc.d mysql defaults 19 21 >/dev/null
	invoke-rc.d mysql start || exit $?
fi

from mysql-server-5.5.postinst and try to start the server by hand.

The command

update-rc.d mysql defaults 19 21 >/dev/null

works, but

invoke-rc.d mysql start

yields

Job for mysql.service failed. See 'systemctl status mysql.service' and 'journalctl -xn' for details.
invoke-rc.d: initscript mysql, action "start" failed.
root at cauda:/home/jsbien# systemctl -l status mysql.service
● mysql.service - LSB: Start and stop the mysql database server daemon
   Loaded: loaded (/etc/init.d/mysql)
   Active: failed (Result: exit-code) since Sat 2015-09-19 08:24:50 CEST; 57s ago
  Process: 4175 ExecStart=/etc/init.d/mysql start (code=exited, status=1/FAILURE)

Sep 19 08:24:50 cauda mysql[4175]: Starting MySQL database server: mysqld . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . failed!
Sep 19 08:24:50 cauda systemd[1]: mysql.service: control process exited, code=exited status=1
Sep 19 08:24:50 cauda systemd[1]: Failed to start LSB: Start and stop the mysql database server daemon.
Sep 19 08:24:50 cauda systemd[1]: Unit mysql.service entered failed state.
root at cauda:/home/jsbien# journalctl -xn
-- Logs begin at Sat 2015-09-19 08:03:09 CEST, end at Sat 2015-09-19 08:25:22 CEST. --
Sep 19 08:25:21 cauda gnome-session[2354]: (gnome-shell:2614): mutter-WARNING **: STACK_OP_RAISE_ABOVE: window 0x6001400016 not in stack
Sep 19 08:25:21 cauda gnome-session[2354]: (gnome-shell:2614): mutter-WARNING **: STACK_OP_RAISE_ABOVE: window 0x6001400016 not in stack
Sep 19 08:25:21 cauda gnome-session[2354]: (gnome-shell:2614): mutter-WARNING **: STACK_OP_RAISE_ABOVE: window 0x6001400016 not in stack
Sep 19 08:25:21 cauda gnome-session[2354]: (gnome-shell:2614): mutter-WARNING **: STACK_OP_RAISE_ABOVE: window 0x6001400016 not in stack
Sep 19 08:25:22 cauda gnome-session[2354]: (gnome-shell:2614): mutter-WARNING **: STACK_OP_RAISE_ABOVE: window 0x6001400016 not in stack
Sep 19 08:25:22 cauda gnome-session[2354]: (gnome-shell:2614): mutter-WARNING **: STACK_OP_RAISE_ABOVE: window 0x6001400016 not in stack
Sep 19 08:25:22 cauda gnome-session[2354]: (gnome-shell:2614): mutter-WARNING **: STACK_OP_RAISE_ABOVE: window 0x6001400016 not in stack
Sep 19 08:25:22 cauda gnome-session[2354]: (gnome-shell:2614): mutter-WARNING **: STACK_OP_RAISE_ABOVE: window 0x6001400016 not in stack
Sep 19 08:25:22 cauda gnome-session[2354]: (gnome-shell:2614): mutter-WARNING **: STACK_OP_RAISE_ABOVE: window 0x6001400016 not in stack
Sep 19 08:25:22 cauda gnome-session[2354]: (gnome-shell:2614): mutter-WARNING **: STACK_OP_RAISE_ABOVE: window 0x6001400016 not in stack

I am looking forward to suggestions how to solve the problem.

Janusz

-- System Information:
Debian Release: 8.2
  APT prefers stable
  APT policy: (500, 'stable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)

Kernel: Linux 3.16.0-4-686-pae (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_US.utf8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.utf8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)

Versions of packages mysql-server-5.5 depends on:
ii  adduser                3.113+nmu3
ii  debconf [debconf-2.0]  1.5.56
ii  initscripts            2.88dsf-59
ii  libc6                  2.19-18+deb8u1
ii  libdbi-perl            1.631-3+b1
ii  libgcc1                1:4.9.2-10
ii  libstdc++6             4.9.2-10
ii  lsb-base               4.1+Debian13+nmu1
ii  mysql-client-5.5       5.5.44-0+deb8u1
ii  mysql-common           5.5.44-0+deb8u1
ii  mysql-server-core-5.5  5.5.44-0+deb8u1
ii  passwd                 1:4.2-3
ii  perl                   5.20.2-3+deb8u1
ii  psmisc                 22.21-2
ii  zlib1g                 1:1.2.8.dfsg-2+b1

Versions of packages mysql-server-5.5 recommends:
ii  libhtml-template-perl  2.95-1

Versions of packages mysql-server-5.5 suggests:
ii  bsd-mailx [mailx]       8.1.2-0.20141216cvs-2
ii  heirloom-mailx [mailx]  12.5-4
pn  tinyca                  <none>

-- debconf information:
* mysql-server/error_setting_password:
  mysql-server-5.5/nis_warning:
  mysql-server-5.5/postrm_remove_databases: false
  mysql-server/no_upgrade_when_using_ndb:
  mysql-server-5.5/really_downgrade: false
  mysql-server/password_mismatch:
  mysql-server-5.5/start_on_boot: true

-- 
                           ,   
Prof. dr hab. Janusz S. Bien -  Uniwersytet Warszawski (Katedra Lingwistyki Formalnej)
Prof. Janusz S. Bien - University of Warsaw (Formal Linguistics Department)
jsbien at uw.edu.pl, jsbien at mimuw.edu.pl, http://fleksem.klf.uw.edu.pl/~jsbien/