Cleanest fix is to downgrade to Utopic, as systemd also fails for many other services like Apache + fail2ban.
If running Vivid is a required, this hack seems to correctly top + restart MySQL. alias mysql-stop='mysqladmin --defaults-extra-file=/etc/mysql/debian.cnf shutdown' alias mysql-start='service mysql restart' alias mysql-restart='mysql-stop ; mysql-start' Only way I've found to get around systemd hang. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Server Team, which is subscribed to the bug report. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1468804 Title: mysql stop/restart fails + breaking mysql + reboots To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/mysql-5.6/+bug/1468804/+subscriptions -- 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
