Hi there Serge, and thank you for looking into this. I found that offering a new sql password or accepting the previous password (via the dialog box) would not change the symptom. I've since updated to 10.10, so that symptom is not apparent now.
Thanks again. --Len On Feb 2, 2011, at 4:31 PM, Serge Hallyn <710...@bugs.launchpad.net> wrote: > Thanks for reporting this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. > > The /var/log/daemon.log from your system suggests that mysql is > insisting that you set initial passwords before proceeding. It would > like you to do: > > /usr/bin/mysqladmin -u root password 'new-password' > /usr/bin/mysqladmin -u root -h lturnbow-laptop password 'new-password' > > Hopefully these steps will be sufficient to allow updates to proceed > again. Please let us know how it goes. > > ** Changed in: mysql-dfsg-5.1 (Ubuntu) > Status: New => Incomplete > > -- > You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber > of the bug. > https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/710038 > > Title: > package mysql-server-5.1 5.1.41-3ubuntu12.8 failed to install/ > upgrade: > subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit > status 20 > > Status in “mysql-dfsg-5.1” package in Ubuntu: > Incomplete > > Bug description: > Release: > Description: Ubuntu 10.04.1 LTS > Release: 10.04 > > I expected my software updates to complete correctly. > Instead, no updates complete and the computer complains cryptically. > > I'm experiencing the same problems outlined in Bug 705615. > I now have a large backlog of updates that I would like to install > but the update process fails every time. > I've attempted to repair the problem using procedures outlined on > various web sites but the bug remains. > There appears to be a problem accessing some 'util-linux' code? > > Please lend a hand to a helpless hardware guy. > > Thanks! --Len > > ProblemType: Package > DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04 > Package: mysql-server-5.1 5.1.41-3ubuntu12.8 > ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-27.49-generic 2.6.32.26+drm33.12 > Uname: Linux 2.6.32-27-generic i686 > Architecture: i386 > Date: Sat Jan 29 22:30:34 2011 > ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script > returned error exit status 20 > InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04.1 LTS "Lucid Lynx" - Release i386 > (20100816.1) > MySQLConf.etc.mysql.conf.d.mysqld.safe.syslog.cnf: > [mysqld_safe] > syslog > MySQLVarLibDirListing: ['ib_logfile1', 'debian-5.1.flag', 'lturnbow- > laptop.pid', 'mysql_upgrade_info', 'mysql', 'ib_logfile0', 'ibdata1'] > SourcePackage: mysql-dfsg-5.1 > Title: package mysql-server-5.1 5.1.41-3ubuntu12.8 failed to > install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script > returned error exit status 20 > > To unsubscribe from this bug, go to: > https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/mysql-dfsg-5.1/+bug/710038/+subscribe -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/710038 Title: package mysql-server-5.1 5.1.41-3ubuntu12.8 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 20 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
