I upgraded 11.10 to 12.04 and then purged removed packages. This left me with out /etc/apparmor.d/local/usr.sbin.mysqld (as mysql 5.1 was purged as it was replaced by mysql 5.5). Copied the file from a different machine made everything work again. Here is the original content:
----------------------------------- # Site-specific additions and overrides for usr.sbin.mysqld. # For more details, please see /etc/apparmor.d/local/README. ----------------------------------- (basically an empty file) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/573318 Title: mysql server will not start To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/mysql-server/+bug/573318/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs