I run 2 xen-virtualized debian 12.4 systems on different hardware. One VM (gast1) shows the same mariadb bug after a fresh installation. The other VM running on a different hardware installs mariadb-server without any issues. ----
root@gast1:~# lsb_release -a No LSB modules are available. Distributor ID: Debian Description: Debian GNU/Linux 12 (bookworm) Release: 12 Codename: bookworm root@gast1:~# cat /etc/debian_version 12.4 root@gast1:~# root@gast1:~# uname -r 6.1.0-15-amd64 root@gast1:~# service mariadb status x mariadb.service - MariaDB 10.11.4 database server Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/mariadb.service; enabled; preset: enabled) Active: failed (Result: exit-code) since Sun 2023-12-17 11:17:58 UTC; 6min ago Docs: man:mariadbd(8) https://mariadb.com/kb/en/library/systemd/ Process: 1345 ExecStartPre=/usr/bin/install -m 755 -o mysql -g root -d /var/run/mysqld (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS) Process: 1346 ExecStartPre=/bin/sh -c systemctl unset-environment _WSREP_START_POSITION (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS) Process: 1348 ExecStartPre=/bin/sh -c [ ! -e /usr/bin/galera_recovery ] && VAR= || VAR=`cd /usr/bin/..; /usr/bin/galera_recovery`; [ $? -eq 0 ] && systemctl set-environment _WSREP_START_PO> Process: 1407 ExecStart=/usr/sbin/mariadbd $MYSQLD_OPTS $_WSREP_NEW_CLUSTER $_WSREP_START_POSITION (code=exited, status=1/FAILURE) Main PID: 1407 (code=exited, status=1/FAILURE) Status: "MariaDB server is down" CPU: 421ms Dec 17 11:17:58 gast1 mariadbd[1407]: 2023-12-17 11:17:58 0 [Note] InnoDB: Starting shutdown... Dec 17 11:17:58 gast1 mariadbd[1407]: 2023-12-17 11:17:58 0 [ERROR] Plugin 'InnoDB' init function returned error. Dec 17 11:17:58 gast1 mariadbd[1407]: 2023-12-17 11:17:58 0 [ERROR] Plugin 'InnoDB' registration as a STORAGE ENGINE failed. Dec 17 11:17:58 gast1 mariadbd[1407]: 2023-12-17 11:17:58 0 [Note] Plugin 'FEEDBACK' is disabled. Dec 17 11:17:58 gast1 mariadbd[1407]: 2023-12-17 11:17:58 0 [ERROR] Could not open mysql.plugin table: "Table 'mysql.plugin' doesn't exist". Some plugins may be not loaded Dec 17 11:17:58 gast1 mariadbd[1407]: 2023-12-17 11:17:58 0 [ERROR] Unknown/unsupported storage engine: InnoDB Dec 17 11:17:58 gast1 mariadbd[1407]: 2023-12-17 11:17:58 0 [ERROR] Aborting Dec 17 11:17:58 gast1 systemd[1]: mariadb.service: Main process exited, code=exited, status=1/FAILURE Dec 17 11:17:58 gast1 systemd[1]: mariadb.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'. Dec 17 11:17:58 gast1 systemd[1]: Failed to start mariadb.service - MariaDB 10.11.4 database server. root@gast1:~# journalctl -u mariadb Dec 17 11:17:55 gast1 systemd[1]: Starting mariadb.service - MariaDB 10.11.4 database server... Dec 17 11:17:55 gast1 mariadbd[1291]: 2023-12-17 11:17:55 0 [Note] Starting MariaDB 10.11.4-MariaDB-1~deb12u1 source revision as process 1291 Dec 17 11:17:55 gast1 mariadbd[1291]: 2023-12-17 11:17:55 0 [Note] InnoDB: Compressed tables use zlib 1.2.13 Dec 17 11:17:55 gast1 mariadbd[1291]: 2023-12-17 11:17:55 0 [Note] InnoDB: Using transactional memory Dec 17 11:17:55 gast1 mariadbd[1291]: 2023-12-17 11:17:55 0 [Note] InnoDB: Number of transaction pools: 1 Dec 17 11:17:55 gast1 mariadbd[1291]: 2023-12-17 11:17:55 0 [Note] InnoDB: Using crc32 + pclmulqdq instructions Dec 17 11:17:55 gast1 mariadbd[1291]: 2023-12-17 11:17:55 0 [Note] InnoDB: Using liburing Dec 17 11:17:55 gast1 mariadbd[1291]: 2023-12-17 11:17:55 0 [Note] InnoDB: Initializing buffer pool, total size = 128.000MiB, chunk size = 2.000MiB Dec 17 11:17:55 gast1 mariadbd[1291]: 2023-12-17 11:17:55 0 [Note] InnoDB: Completed initialization of buffer pool Dec 17 11:17:55 gast1 mariadbd[1291]: 2023-12-17 11:17:55 0 [Note] InnoDB: Header page consists of zero bytes in datafile: ./ibdata1, Space ID:0, Flags: 0 Dec 17 11:17:55 gast1 mariadbd[1291]: 2023-12-17 11:17:55 0 [ERROR] InnoDB: Corrupted page [page id: space=0, page number=0] of datafile './ibdata1' could not be found in the doublewrite buffer. Dec 17 11:17:55 gast1 mariadbd[1291]: 2023-12-17 11:17:55 0 [ERROR] InnoDB: Plugin initialization aborted with error Data structure corruption Dec 17 11:17:55 gast1 mariadbd[1291]: 2023-12-17 11:17:55 0 [Note] InnoDB: Starting shutdown... Dec 17 11:17:55 gast1 mariadbd[1291]: 2023-12-17 11:17:55 0 [ERROR] Plugin 'InnoDB' init function returned error. Dec 17 11:17:55 gast1 mariadbd[1291]: 2023-12-17 11:17:55 0 [ERROR] Plugin 'InnoDB' registration as a STORAGE ENGINE failed. Dec 17 11:17:55 gast1 mariadbd[1291]: 2023-12-17 11:17:55 0 [Note] Plugin 'FEEDBACK' is disabled. Dec 17 11:17:55 gast1 mariadbd[1291]: 2023-12-17 11:17:55 0 [ERROR] Could not open mysql.plugin table: "Table 'mysql.plugin' doesn't exist". Some plugins may be not loaded Dec 17 11:17:55 gast1 mariadbd[1291]: 2023-12-17 11:17:55 0 [ERROR] Unknown/unsupported storage engine: InnoDB Dec 17 11:17:55 gast1 mariadbd[1291]: 2023-12-17 11:17:55 0 [ERROR] Aborting Dec 17 11:17:55 gast1 systemd[1]: mariadb.service: Main process exited, code=exited, status=1/FAILURE Dec 17 11:17:55 gast1 systemd[1]: mariadb.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'. Dec 17 11:17:55 gast1 systemd[1]: Failed to start mariadb.service - MariaDB 10.11.4 database server. root@gast1:~#