[Bug 617678] Re: package mysql-server-5.1 5.1.41-3ubuntu12.3 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess new pre-installation script returned error exit status 1

[Clint Byrum]

Kayode, thanks for the updates.

The hard innodb crash that you pasted in comment #4 is particularly
concerning.

You may want to try backing up your system, and doing

*** THIS STEP WILL DELETE ALL OF YOUR DATA FILES ***

apt-get purge mysql-server-5.1
apt-get install mysql-server-5.1

And then restore the data only (if you haven't changed anything,
/var/lib/mysql) from the backup.

That will at least restore the binaries and make sure its not a
library/binary corruption problem.

If you still get a crash like that, then we should look at filing a bug
with MySQL. They may request a copy of your data files to help reproduce
the problem.

Once you've reinstalled mysql-server-5.1 and restored the data, restart
mysql and then check /var/log/mysql/error.log to see if it started
normally.

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package mysql-server-5.1 5.1.41-3ubuntu12.3 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess new pre-installation script returned error exit status 1
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