On 2010-03-06T20:22:01, Oscar Corte wrote: > Error messages shown are these: > > Starting MySQL database server: mysql . . . . . failed! > 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
<http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/debian-26/is-invoke-rc.d-the-problem-671401/?s=e9411ab4a75a798bf854db454fe40961> perhaps? Check the mysql log files: less /var/log/mysql.{err.log} Is there a mysql process running? Try start it by mysql by hand and see if you get anything interesting: /etc/init.d/mystart start /Allan -- Allan Wind Life Integrity, LLC <http://lifeintegrity.com> -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20100306204121.ga30...@lifeintegrity.com