I am also seeing this bug in Hardy. I have a fresh install ( xen guest from a hardy bootstrap ). I goto install, it asks me for my mysql root password. I give it a password and then it fails.
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~# apt-get install mysql-server Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done The following extra packages will be installed: libdbd-mysql-perl libdbi-perl libgdbm3 libmysqlclient15off libnet-daemon-perl libplrpc-perl mysql-client-5.0 mysql-common mysql-server-5.0 perl perl-modules psmisc Suggested packages: dbishell libcompress-zlib-perl mysql-doc-5.0 tinyca libterm-readline-gnu-perl libterm-readline-perl-perl Recommended packages: libterm-readkey-perl apparmor libhtml-template-perl mailx perl-doc The following NEW packages will be installed: libdbd-mysql-perl libdbi-perl libgdbm3 libmysqlclient15off libnet-daemon-perl libplrpc-perl mysql-client-5.0 mysql-common mysql-server mysql-server-5.0 perl perl-modules psmisc 0 upgraded, 13 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded. Need to get 45.7MB of archives. After this operation, 146MB of additional disk space will be used. Do you want to continue [Y/n]? y WARNING: The following packages cannot be authenticated! mysql-common perl-modules libgdbm3 perl libnet-daemon-perl libplrpc-perl libdbi-perl libmysqlclient15off libdbd-mysql-perl mysql-client-5.0 psmisc mysql-server-5.0 mysql-server Install these packages without verification [y/N]? y Get:1 http://archive.ubuntu.com hardy/main mysql-common 5.0.51a-3ubuntu5 [59.7kB] Get:2 http://archive.ubuntu.com hardy/main perl-modules 5.8.8-12 [2300kB] Get:3 http://archive.ubuntu.com hardy/main libgdbm3 1.8.3-3 [23.3kB] Get:4 http://archive.ubuntu.com hardy/main perl 5.8.8-12 [4055kB] Get:5 http://archive.ubuntu.com hardy/main libnet-daemon-perl 0.38-1.1 [45.9kB] Get:6 http://archive.ubuntu.com hardy/main libplrpc-perl 0.2017-1.1 [35.0kB] Get:7 http://archive.ubuntu.com hardy/main libdbi-perl 1.601-1 [773kB] Get:8 http://archive.ubuntu.com hardy/main libmysqlclient15off 5.0.51a-3ubuntu5 [1877kB] Get:9 http://archive.ubuntu.com hardy/main libdbd-mysql-perl 4.005-1 [136kB] Get:10 http://archive.ubuntu.com hardy/main mysql-client-5.0 5.0.51a-3ubuntu5 [8237kB] Get:11 http://archive.ubuntu.com hardy/main psmisc 22.6-1 [59.4kB] Get:12 http://archive.ubuntu.com hardy/main mysql-server-5.0 5.0.51a-3ubuntu5 [28.0MB] Get:13 http://archive.ubuntu.com hardy/main mysql-server 5.0.51a-3ubuntu5 [53.6kB] Fetched 45.7MB in 2min39s (286kB/s) Preconfiguring packages ... * Ask for password ( twice ) * Selecting previously deselected package mysql-common. (Reading database ... 8604 files and directories currently installed.) Unpacking mysql-common (from .../mysql-common_5.0.51a-3ubuntu5_all.deb) ... Selecting previously deselected package perl-modules. Unpacking perl-modules (from .../perl-modules_5.8.8-12_all.deb) ... Selecting previously deselected package libgdbm3. Unpacking libgdbm3 (from .../libgdbm3_1.8.3-3_amd64.deb) ... Selecting previously deselected package perl. Unpacking perl (from .../perl_5.8.8-12_amd64.deb) ... Selecting previously deselected package libnet-daemon-perl. Unpacking libnet-daemon-perl (from .../libnet-daemon-perl_0.38-1.1_all.deb) ... Selecting previously deselected package libplrpc-perl. Unpacking libplrpc-perl (from .../libplrpc-perl_0.2017-1.1_all.deb) ... Selecting previously deselected package libdbi-perl. Unpacking libdbi-perl (from .../libdbi-perl_1.601-1_amd64.deb) ... Selecting previously deselected package libmysqlclient15off. Unpacking libmysqlclient15off (from .../libmysqlclient15off_5.0.51a-3ubuntu5_amd64.deb) ... Selecting previously deselected package libdbd-mysql-perl. Unpacking libdbd-mysql-perl (from .../libdbd-mysql-perl_4.005-1_amd64.deb) ... Selecting previously deselected package mysql-client-5.0. Unpacking mysql-client-5.0 (from .../mysql-client-5.0_5.0.51a-3ubuntu5_amd64.deb) ... Selecting previously deselected package psmisc. Unpacking psmisc (from .../psmisc_22.6-1_amd64.deb) ... Setting up mysql-common (5.0.51a-3ubuntu5) ... Selecting previously deselected package mysql-server-5.0. (Reading database ... 10359 files and directories currently installed.) Unpacking mysql-server-5.0 (from .../mysql-server-5.0_5.0.51a-3ubuntu5_amd64.deb) ... Selecting previously deselected package mysql-server. Unpacking mysql-server (from .../mysql-server_5.0.51a-3ubuntu5_all.deb) ... Setting up libgdbm3 (1.8.3-3) ... Setting up libmysqlclient15off (5.0.51a-3ubuntu5) ... Setting up psmisc (22.6-1) ... Setting up perl-modules (5.8.8-12) ... Setting up perl (5.8.8-12) ... Setting up libnet-daemon-perl (0.38-1.1) ... Setting up libplrpc-perl (0.2017-1.1) ... Setting up libdbi-perl (1.601-1) ... Setting up libdbd-mysql-perl (4.005-1) ... Setting up mysql-client-5.0 (5.0.51a-3ubuntu5) ... Setting up mysql-server-5.0 (5.0.51a-3ubuntu5) ... * Stopping MySQL database server mysqld [ OK ] * Starting MySQL database server mysqld [fail] invoke-rc.d: initscript mysql, action "start" failed. dpkg: error processing mysql-server-5.0 (--configure): subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1 dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of mysql-server: mysql-server depends on mysql-server-5.0; however: Package mysql-server-5.0 is not configured yet. dpkg: error processing mysql-server (--configure): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured Processing triggers for libc6 ... ldconfig deferred processing now taking place Errors were encountered while processing: mysql-server-5.0 mysql-server E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~# ps -aux | grep mysql Warning: bad ps syntax, perhaps a bogus '-'? See http://procps.sf.net/faq.html root 3422 0.0 0.2 3932 604 tty1 R+ 21:42 0:00 grep mysql [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~# /etc/init.d/mysql mysql mysql-ndb mysql-ndb-mgm [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~# /etc/init.d/mysql start * Starting MySQL database server mysqld [fail] [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~# [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~# cat /etc/apt/sources.list deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu hardy main [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~# -- freshly installed hardy beta, after installing apache2 installed mysql-server which crashed https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/206363 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Server Team, which is subscribed to mysql-dfsg-5.0 in ubuntu. -- Ubuntu-server-bugs mailing list Ubuntu-server-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-server-bugs