What worked for me was to mark out skip-bdb in the my.cnf file I have attached the my.cnf file
** Attachment added: "the mysql configuration file" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/34672629/my.cnf -- missing apparmor access rule https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/444479 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