I am also having the same issue using the current release of mumble-server in squeeze-backports.
I can confirm changing "Should-Start: $mysql" to "Should-Start: mysql" repairs the issue. Thanks! -Dan Package: mumble-server Version: 1.2.3-349-g315b5f5-2.2~bpo60+1 Severity: normal -- System Information: Debian Release: 6.0.6 APT prefers stable-updates APT policy: (500, 'stable-updates'), (500, 'stable') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Kernel: Linux 2.6.32-5-amd64 (SMP w/4 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 mumble-server depends on: ii adduser 3.112+nmu2 add and remove users and groups ii dbus 1.2.24-4+squeeze1 simple interprocess messaging syst ii debconf [debconf-2.0] 1.5.36.1 Debian configuration management sy ii libavahi-client3 0.6.27-2+squeeze1 Avahi client library ii libavahi-common3 0.6.27-2+squeeze1 Avahi common library ii libavahi-compat-libdn 0.6.27-2+squeeze1 Avahi Apple Bonjour compatibility ii libc6 2.11.3-4 Embedded GNU C Library: Shared lib ii libcap2 1:2.19-3 support for getting/setting POSIX. ii libgcc1 1:4.4.5-8 GCC support library ii libiceutil33 3.3.1-12 Ice for C++ misc utility library ii libprotobuf6 2.3.0-4 protocol buffers C++ library ii libqt4-dbus 4:4.6.3-4+squeeze1 Qt 4 D-Bus module ii libqt4-network 4:4.6.3-4+squeeze1 Qt 4 network module ii libqt4-sql 4:4.6.3-4+squeeze1 Qt 4 SQL module ii libqt4-sql-sqlite 4:4.6.3-4+squeeze1 Qt 4 SQLite 3 database driver ii libqt4-xml 4:4.6.3-4+squeeze1 Qt 4 XML module ii libqtcore4 4:4.6.3-4+squeeze1 Qt 4 core module ii libssl0.9.8 0.9.8o-4squeeze14 SSL shared libraries ii libstdc++6 4.4.5-8 The GNU Standard C++ Library v3 ii libzeroc-ice33 3.3.1-12 Ice for C++ runtime library mumble-server recommends no packages. Versions of packages mumble-server suggests: pn mumble-django <none> (no description available) pn mumble-server-web <none> (no description available)

