[Bug 123427] Re: [apport] package mysql-server-5.0 failed to install/upgrade:

[Torsten Bronger]

I experienced this bug independently on my Ubuntu 8.05 desktop and on a
fresh Server Edition.  Both share almost no configuration.  On the
Server Edition, the whole MySQL setup is at defaults, nevertheless, the
very first restart of MySQL failed already:

bronger at bob:~/src/chantal$ sudo /etc/init.d/mysql start
 * Stopping MySQL database server mysqld [ OK ]
 * Starting MySQL database server mysqld [fail]

daemon.log says:

Aug 15 10:48:54 bob mysqld_safe[7817]: started
Aug 15 10:48:55 bob mysqld[7821]: 080815 10:48:55  InnoDB: Started; log sequence number 0 43665
Aug 15 10:48:55 bob mysqld[7821]: 080815 10:48:55 [ERROR] Fatal error: Can't open and lock privilege tables: Table 'mysql.host' doesn't exist
Aug 15 10:48:55 bob mysqld_safe[7832]: ended

Re-installing mysql-server helps on my desktop machine but not for very
long.

If you google for the error message, it may have something to do with
the settings in my.cnf, most notable basedir and datadir, however, this
didn't help me.

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[apport] package mysql-server-5.0 failed to install/upgrade: 
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/123427
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