On Fri, Feb 22 2019 at 15:51 +02, Otto Kekäläinen wrote: > Control: tags -1 moreinfo > > Hello! > > ma 18. helmik. 2019 klo 21.54 Janusz S. Bień (jsb...@mimuw.edu.pl) kirjoitti: >> When I try to reinstall the package, I get >> >> --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8--- >> Setting up mariadb-server-10.3 (1:10.3.12-2) ... >> dpkg: error processing package mariadb-server-10.3 (--configure): >> installed mariadb-server-10.3 package post-installation script subprocess >> returned error exit status 7 >> --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8--- > > Thanks for reporting! Unfortunately the information above does not > reveal anything. What about the syslog/journald? Anything related > logged in /var/log or /var/lib/mysql ?
Thank you very much for your interest in my problem. I've just reproduced the problem again. In syslog I found --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8--- Feb 22 15:26:15 VivoPC-D8 mariadb-server-10.3.postinst[23398]: Feb 22 15:26:15 VivoPC-D8 mariadb-server-10.3.postinst[23398]: Installation of system tables failed! Examine the logs in Feb 22 15:26:15 VivoPC-D8 mariadb-server-10.3.postinst[23398]: /var/lib/mysql for more information. Feb 22 15:26:15 VivoPC-D8 mariadb-server-10.3.postinst[23398]: Feb 22 15:26:15 VivoPC-D8 mariadb-server-10.3.postinst[23398]: The problem could be conflicting information in an external Feb 22 15:26:15 VivoPC-D8 mariadb-server-10.3.postinst[23398]: my.cnf files. You can ignore these by doing: Feb 22 15:26:15 VivoPC-D8 mariadb-server-10.3.postinst[23398]: Feb 22 15:26:15 VivoPC-D8 mariadb-server-10.3.postinst[23398]: shell> /usr/bin/mysql_install_db --defaults-file=~/.my.cnf Feb 22 15:26:15 VivoPC-D8 mariadb-server-10.3.postinst[23398]: Feb 22 15:26:15 VivoPC-D8 mariadb-server-10.3.postinst[23398]: You can also try to start the mysqld daemon with: Feb 22 15:26:15 VivoPC-D8 mariadb-server-10.3.postinst[23398]: Feb 22 15:26:15 VivoPC-D8 mariadb-server-10.3.postinst[23398]: shell> /usr/sbin/mysqld --skip-grant-tables --general-log & Feb 22 15:26:15 VivoPC-D8 mariadb-server-10.3.postinst[23398]: Feb 22 15:26:15 VivoPC-D8 mariadb-server-10.3.postinst[23398]: and use the command line tool /usr/bin/mysql Feb 22 15:26:15 VivoPC-D8 mariadb-server-10.3.postinst[23398]: to connect to the mysql database and look at the grant tables: Feb 22 15:26:15 VivoPC-D8 mariadb-server-10.3.postinst[23398]: Feb 22 15:26:15 VivoPC-D8 mariadb-server-10.3.postinst[23398]: shell> /usr/bin/mysql -u root mysql Feb 22 15:26:15 VivoPC-D8 mariadb-server-10.3.postinst[23398]: mysql> show tables; Feb 22 15:26:15 VivoPC-D8 mariadb-server-10.3.postinst[23398]: Feb 22 15:26:15 VivoPC-D8 mariadb-server-10.3.postinst[23398]: Try 'mysqld --help' if you have problems with paths. Using Feb 22 15:26:15 VivoPC-D8 mariadb-server-10.3.postinst[23398]: --general-log gives you a log in /var/lib/mysql that may be helpful. Feb 22 15:26:15 VivoPC-D8 mariadb-server-10.3.postinst[23398]: Feb 22 15:26:15 VivoPC-D8 mariadb-server-10.3.postinst[23398]: The latest information about mysql_install_db is available at Feb 22 15:26:15 VivoPC-D8 mariadb-server-10.3.postinst[23398]: https://mariadb.com/kb/en/installing-system-tables-mysql_install_db Feb 22 15:26:15 VivoPC-D8 mariadb-server-10.3.postinst[23398]: You can find the latest source at https://downloads.mariadb.org and Feb 22 15:26:15 VivoPC-D8 mariadb-server-10.3.postinst[23398]: the maria-discuss email list at https://launchpad.net/~maria-discuss Feb 22 15:26:15 VivoPC-D8 mariadb-server-10.3.postinst[23398]: Feb 22 15:26:15 VivoPC-D8 mariadb-server-10.3.postinst[23398]: Please check all of the above before submitting a bug report Feb 22 15:26:15 VivoPC-D8 mariadb-server-10.3.postinst[23398]: at http://mariadb.org/jira Feb 22 15:26:15 VivoPC-D8 mariadb-server-10.3.postinst[23398]: Feb 22 15:26:15 VivoPC-D8 mariadb-server-10.3.postinst[23462]: 2019-02-22 15:26:15 0 [Note] /usr/sbin/mysqld (mysqld 10.3.12-MariaDB-2) starting as process 23461 ... --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8--- but this instruction is confusing: 1. I don't see anything readable in /var/lib/mysql, ib_logfile0 seems to me to be binary. 2. I don't have .my.cnf file at all. 3. I don't have /usr/sbin/mysqld. 4. I don't have /usr/sbin/mysql. Moreover I don't think the process 23461 actually started. Best regards Janusz -- , Janusz S. Bien emeryt (emeritus) https://sites.google.com/view/jsbien
