> Tried that, too. Still segfaulting and postinst doesn't work. Sorry, I forgot to mention my entire procedure. Here's exactly what I did:
1) I purged mysql-server. 2) This of course, left my /var/lib/mysql subdirectory intact. I then moved /var/lib/mysql to something like /var/lib/mysql.good. 3) I did a reinstall of mysql-server and it went smoothly. 4) I then shut down mysql killed the new /var/lib/mysql subdir and moved the "good" subdirectory back to being /var/lib/mysql. 5) After restarting the server, all ran well. -- Regards, | Seeing Bill Gates in TV ads whining about the court verdict, . | perhaps we should recall Woodrow Wilson's warning of 1912: "If Randy | there are men in this country big enough to own the government | of the United States, they are going to own it."