I can tell you why the purge worked. It destroyed your corrupted MySQL user database. :)
At 04:42 PM 7/08/03 -0600, David Wilk wrote: >Howdy all, just wanted to say what worked. Dominik's suggestion to >'purge' the mysql packages with apt-get did the trick. One final >reinstall had everything working fine. Not sure where the sanfu was... -- REMEMBER THE WORLD TRADE CENTER ---=< WTC 911 >=-- "...ne cede males" 00000100 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]