Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. Could you check the content of /var/log/daemon.log during the first installation ? It should contain more messages about the first start failure.
** Changed in: mysql-dfsg-5.0 (Ubuntu) Status: New => Incomplete -- mysql-server-5.0 does not install correctly https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/161174 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs