mysql broken after upgrade to feisty

[Ben Edwards]

After upgrading mysql-server seems broken so I tried removing it (so I
could reinstall).  Problem this tried Starting mysql (why!) and then
falls over (c below).

What should I try next,
Ben

root at fisk:/usr/src/mythtv#
root at fisk:/usr/src/mythtv# apt-get -f remove  mysql-server
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Package mysql-server is not installed, so not removed
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 1 not upgraded.
1 not fully installed or removed.
Need to get 0B of archives.
After unpacking 0B of additional disk space will be used.
Setting up mysql-server-5.0 (5.0.38-0ubuntu1) ...
 * Stopping MySQL database server mysqld
                                                [ OK ]
 * Starting MySQL database server mysqld
                                                [fail]
invoke-rc.d: initscript mysql, action "start" failed.
dpkg: error processing mysql-server-5.0 (--configure):
 subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1
Errors were encountered while processing:
 mysql-server-5.0
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
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