This info may help ------------------------------------------------------ $ sudo apt-get upgrade mysql-server Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done The following packages will be upgraded: mysql-server-5.0 1 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded. Need to get 0B/27.4MB of archives. After this operation, 4096B of additional disk space will be used. Do you want to continue [Y/n]? y Preconfiguring packages ... (Reading database ... 200893 files and directories currently installed.) Preparing to replace mysql-server-5.0 5.0.51a-3ubuntu5.1 (using .../mysql-server-5.0_5.0.51a-3ubuntu5.4_i386.deb) ... * Stopping MySQL database server mysqld [fail] invoke-rc.d: initscript mysql, action "stop" failed. dpkg: warning - old pre-removal script returned error exit status 1 dpkg - trying script from the new package instead ... * Stopping MySQL database server mysqld [fail] invoke-rc.d: initscript mysql, action "stop" failed. dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/mysql-server-5.0_5.0.51a-3ubuntu5.4_i386.deb (--unpack): subprocess new pre-removal script returned error exit status 1 * Stopping MySQL database server mysqld [fail] invoke-rc.d: initscript mysql, action "stop" failed. * Starting MySQL database server mysqld [ OK ] /usr/bin/mysqladmin: connect to server at 'localhost' failed error: 'Access denied for user 'debian-sys-maint'@'localhost' (using password: YES)' Errors were encountered while processing: /var/cache/apt/archives/mysql-server-5.0_5.0.51a-3ubuntu5.4_i386.deb E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
-- package mysql-server-5.0 5.0.45-1ubuntu3.1 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1 https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/187442 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs