Hi John, thanks for taking the time to file this bug report. Its hard to know why mysqld failed to start. Can you attach /var/log/mysql* to the bug report so we can look at them and try to determine what went wrong? Thanks!
** Changed in: mysql-5.5 (Ubuntu) Status: New => Incomplete ** Changed in: mysql-5.5 (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided => High -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1024595 Title: package mysql-server-5.5 5.5.24-0ubuntu0.12.04.1 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/mysql-5.5/+bug/1024595/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs