On Wed, Jun 18, 2008 at 15:46:41 -0700, S D wrote: > > That line in the script reads: > > > > echo -e "# created by > > debconf\n[mysqld]\nold_passwords = $RET" > > > /etc/mysql/conf.d/old_passwords.cnf > > > > This does not seem to require that old_passwords.cnf exists > > beforehand. > > Is there still enough space on all the relevant partitions, > > Yes, free space doesn't seem to be a problem, there's plenty of it. > > > does the > > /etc/mysql/conf.d/ directory exist? > > The "/etc/mysql" directory no longer exists, so no. As I remember the > first time I tried to purge mysql the "/etc/mysql" directory wasn't > purged as it had some files in it, so I removed it manually, I wanted > a new, fresh, clean installation. That, perhaps, was the beginning of > my downfall.
Maybe you can recreate the /etc/mysql/conf.d/ directory and the installation will be successful. I see the following directory on my system: $ ls -ld /etc/mysql/ drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 2008-06-11 11:27 /etc/mysql/ $ ls -l /etc/mysql/ total 8 drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 2007-03-15 19:11 conf.d -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 3865 2008-04-25 17:58 my.cnf Try to create these directories with the same ownership and permissions. If that does not work then run dpkg -S etc/mysql to find out which packages on your system should have files in /etc/mysql. Then try to reinstall all these packages. -- Regards, | http://users.icfo.es/Florian.Kulzer Florian | -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
