@thecapsaicinkid is your file readable ? because if you look at the pre-start script it makes the following check :
pre-start script #Sanity checks [ -r $HOME/my.cnf ] [ -d /var/run/mysqld ] || install -m 755 -o mysql -g root -d /var/run/mysqld LC_ALL=C BLOCKSIZE= df --portability /var/lib/mysql/. | tail -n 1 | awk '{ exit ($4<4096) }' end script What you can do is : su - mysql export HOME=/etc/mysql and try to run the command and check which one return false ( something != 0) ex: $[ -r $HOME/my.cnf ] $echo $? 0 -- mysql server will not start https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/573318 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs