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mysql-dfsg-5.0 package

mysql-server failure: unable to stop mysql server while installing mythtv

Bug #275035 reported by Gary Mayer on 2008-09-27

This bug report is a duplicate of: Bug #382713: mysql fails to start if debian-start has the wrong permission - package mysql-server-5.0 5.1.30really5.0.75-0ubuntu10.2 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 126. Edit Remove

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Affects		Status	Importance	Assigned to	Milestone
	mysql-dfsg-5.0 (Ubuntu)	Triaged	Low	Unassigned

Bug Description

/var/cache/apt/archives/mysql-server_5.0.51a-3ubuntu5.1_all.deb: subprocess pre-installation script returned error exit status 1

ProblemType: Package
Architecture: i386
Dependencies:

DistroRelease: Ubuntu 8.04
ErrorMessage: subprocess pre-installation script returned error exit status 1
Package: mysql-server None [modified: /var/lib/dpkg/info/mysql-server.list]
PackageArchitecture: all
SourcePackage: mysql-dfsg-5.0
Title: package mysql-server None [modified: /var/lib/dpkg/info/mysql-server.list] failed to install/upgrade: subprocess pre-installation script returned error exit status 1
Uname: Linux 2.6.24-19-generic i686

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Gary Mayer (gmayer) wrote on 2008-09-27:

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Mathias Gug (mathiaz) wrote on 2009-03-30:

Able to reproduce on hardy by trying to install mythtv:

Unpacking ntp (from .../ntp_1%3a4.2.4p4+dfsg-3ubuntu2_i386.deb) ...
Setting up mysql-server-5.0 (5.0.51a-3ubuntu5.1) ...
* Stopping MySQL database server mysqld
...done.
Reloading AppArmor profiles : done.
* Starting MySQL database server mysqld
...done.
* Checking for corrupt, not cleanly closed and upgrade needing tables.

Selecting previously deselected package mythtv.
(Reading database ... 204062 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking mythtv (from .../mythtv_0.21.0+fixes16838-0ubuntu3.1_all.deb) ...
Selecting previously deselected package mysql-server.
Unpacking mysql-server (from .../mysql-server_5.0.51a-3ubuntu5.1_all.deb) ...
* Stopping MySQL database server mysqld
...fail!
invoke-rc.d: initscript mysql, action "stop" failed.
invoke-rc.d returned 1
There is a MySQL server running, but we failed in our attempts to stop it.
Stop it yourself and try again!