Apologies for the delay, I have not been able to work on this but I am still experiencing this problem.
Mathias - yes, I am able to connect to the mysqld server - it behaves normally, but will not stop. How should I go about fixing the tables? -- package mysql-server-5.1 5.1.37-1ubuntu5 upgrade fails - cannot stop mysqld https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/529004 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Server Team, which is subscribed to mysql-dfsg-5.1 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