In my case it must have been webmin that's put something in the my.cnf file that it doesn't like.
I'll have to find out what it doesn't like and file a separate bug against webmin, as the cause - but meanwhile I can confirm there is a bug with the startup script. It doesn't fail gracefully, just hangs. Is this bug in the equivalent Debian upstream? -- infinite loop in /etc/init/mysql.conf if mysqld is not running. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/551130 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
