I cannot see a difference with ii mysql-server-5.5 5.5.29-0ubuntu0.12.04.2 MySQL database server binaries and system database setup
As I have too much disk space on my test machine, I've changed the code to check for much more space but left the rest untouched: LC_ALL=C BLOCKSIZE= df --portability /var/lib/mysql/. | tail -n 1 | awk '{ exit ($4<409600000) }' The result is that the start of mysql fails, but there are no new logentries (I truncated all files before starting mysql): root@mysql:~# service mysql start start: Job failed to start root@mysql:~# ls -l /var/log/mysql/error.log /var/log/mysql* /var/log/syslog -rw-r----- 1 mysql adm 0 Apr 18 08:42 /var/log/mysql.err -rw-r----- 1 mysql adm 0 Apr 18 08:42 /var/log/mysql.log -rw-rw---- 1 mysql adm 0 Apr 18 08:45 /var/log/mysql/error.log -rw-r----- 1 syslog adm 0 Apr 18 08:44 /var/log/syslog /var/log/mysql: total 0 -rw-rw---- 1 mysql adm 0 Apr 18 08:45 error.log -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1121874 Title: MySQL launch fails silently if < 4MB of disk space is available To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/mysql-5.5/+bug/1121874/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs