This blog presents a fix that works for me. Seems to be a misconfiguration in apparmor. http://tanghus.net/2012/03/yet-another-mysql-vs-apparmor-barf/
** Also affects: apparmor (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/970366 Title: apparmor denies unlink of mysql socket To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apparmor/+bug/970366/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs