I am also suffering from this bug for a long time. The information that was requested is below:
1) mysql server was running correctly and I can issue mysql command: It returns: Server version: 5.0.75-0ubuntu10.2 (Ubuntu) 2) /var/log/daemon.log does not contain any mention of mysql 3) /var/log/kern.log does not contain any mention of mysql 4) The contents of /etc/apparmor.d/usr.sbin.mysqld is attached. 5) Result of ls -l /etc/apparmor.d/usr.sbin.mysqld* -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 788 2009-03-30 16:18 /etc/apparmor.d/usr.sbin.mysqld 6) See attachment for /etc/mysql/my.cnf 7) Result of ls -al /etc/mysql/conf.d/ (it is empty) total 8 drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 2008-08-15 15:35 . drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 2009-06-02 15:46 .. 8) Result of ls -l /var/lib/mysql total 20568 -rw-r--r-- 1 mysql mysql 0 2009-05-15 18:57 debian-5.0.flag drwx------ 2 mysql mysql 36864 2009-10-05 11:31 entrebah -rw-rw---- 1 mysql mysql 10485760 2009-10-11 01:24 ibdata1 -rw-rw---- 1 mysql mysql 5242880 2009-10-22 22:04 ib_logfile0 -rw-rw---- 1 mysql mysql 5242880 2008-08-15 14:16 ib_logfile1 drwxr-xr-x 2 mysql mysql 4096 2009-05-15 18:57 mysql drwxr-xr-x 4 root root 4096 2009-08-12 11:28 mysql.b -rw------- 1 mysql mysql 6 2009-05-02 21:21 mysql_upgrade_info I am adding the following 9) Result of ps aux|grep mysqld root 2845 0.0 0.0 1872 280 ? S Oct22 0:00 /bin/sh /usr/bin/mysqld_safe mysql 4223 0.0 0.1 127936 2252 ? Sl Oct22 4:18 /usr/sbin/mysqld --basedir=/usr --datadir=/var/lib/mysql --user=mysql --pid-file=/var/run/mysqld/mysqld.pid --skip-external-locking --port=3306 --socket=/var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock root 4224 0.0 0.0 1792 332 ? S Oct22 0:00 logger -p daemon.err -t mysqld_safe -i -t mysqld 10) Result of uname -a Linux cdi-gateway 2.6.28-16-generic #55-Ubuntu SMP Tue Oct 20 19:48:24 UTC 2009 i686 GNU/Linux 11) The details from the "Changes Applied" details screen: Preconfiguring packages ... (Reading database ... 271085 files and directories currently installed.) Preparing to replace mysql-server-5.0 5.1.30really5.0.75-0ubuntu10 (using .../mysql-server-5.0_5.1.30really5.0.75-0ubuntu10.2_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_5.1.30really5.0.75-0ubuntu10.2_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 ...done. /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_5.1.30really5.0.75-0ubuntu10.2_i386.deb E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) A package failed to install. Trying to recover: Setting up python-pexpect (2.3-1) ... Could not find platform independent libraries <prefix> Could not find platform dependent libraries <exec_prefix> Consider setting $PYTHONHOME to <prefix>[:<exec_prefix>] 'import site' failed; use -v for traceback Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/bin/py_compilefiles", line 3, in ? import os ImportError: No module named os pycentral: pycentral pkginstall: error byte-compiling files (7) pycentral pkginstall: error byte-compiling files (7) dpkg: error processing python-pexpect (--configure): subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1 dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of python-smartpm: python-smartpm depends on python-pexpect; however: Package python-pexpect is not configured yet. dpkg: error processing python-smartpm (--configure): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of landscape-common: landscape-common depends on python-smartpm (>= 1.2-0ubuntu1); however: Package python-smartpm is not configured yet. dpkg: error processing landscape-common (--configure): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured Errors were encountered while processing: python-pexpect python-smartpm landscape-common 12) Besides the default repositories, I am only using: http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu jaunty partner ** Attachment added: "my.cnf" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/34807754/my.cnf -- package mysql-server-5.0 5.1.30really5.0.75-0ubuntu10.2 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess pre-removal script returned error exit status 1 https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/425478 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