Did your syslog contain any line similar to these? /etc/mysql/debian-start[3138]: Upgrading MySQL tables if necessary. /etc/mysql/debian-start[3141]: /usr/bin/mysql_upgrade: the '--basedir' option is always ignored /etc/mysql/debian-start[3141]: Looking for 'mysql' as: /usr/bin/mysql /etc/mysql/debian-start[3141]: Looking for 'mysqlcheck' as: /usr/bin/mysqlcheck /etc/mysql/debian-start[3141]: This installation of MySQL is already upgraded to 10.0.9-MariaDB, use --force if you still need to run mysql_upgrade /etc/mysql/debian-start[3152]: Checking for insecure root accounts. /etc/mysql/debian-start[3157]: Triggering myisam-recover for all MyISAM tables /etc/mysql/debian-start[3719]: Upgrading MySQL tables if necessary. /etc/mysql/debian-start[3722]: /usr/bin/mysql_upgrade: the '--basedir' option is always ignored /etc/mysql/debian-start[3722]: Looking for 'mysql' as: /usr/bin/mysql /etc/mysql/debian-start[3722]: Looking for 'mysqlcheck' as: /usr/bin/mysqlcheck /etc/mysql/debian-start[3722]: This installation of MySQL is already upgraded to 10.0.9-MariaDB, use --force if you still need to run mysql_upgrade /etc/mysql/debian-start[3733]: Checking for insecure root accounts. /etc/mysql/debian-start[3738]: Triggering myisam-recover for all MyISAM tables mysqld_safe[5671]: mysqld_safe[5671]: Installation of system tables failed! Examine the logs in mysqld_safe[5671]: /var/lib/mysql for more information. mysqld_safe[5671]: mysqld_safe[5671]: The problem could be conflicting information in an external mysqld_safe[5671]: my.cnf files. You can ignore these by doing: mysqld_safe[5671]: mysqld_safe[5671]: shell> /usr/scripts/scripts/mysql_install_db --defaults-file=~/.my.cnf mysqld_safe[5671]: mysqld_safe[5671]: You can also try to start the mysqld daemon with: mysqld_safe[5671]: mysqld_safe[5671]: shell> /usr/sbin/mysqld --skip-grant --general-log & mysqld_safe[5671]: mysqld_safe[5671]: and use the command line tool /usr/bin/mysql mysqld_safe[5671]: to connect to the mysql database and look at the grant tables: mysqld_safe[5671]: mysqld_safe[5671]: shell> /usr/bin/mysql -u root mysql mysqld_safe[5671]: mysql> show tables mysqld_safe[5671]: mysqld_safe[5671]: Try 'mysqld --help' if you have problems with paths. Using mysqld_safe[5671]: --general-log gives you a log in /var/lib/mysql that may be helpful. mysqld_safe[5671]: mysqld_safe[5671]: The latest information about mysql_install_db is available at mysqld_safe[5671]: https://mariadb.com/kb/en/installing-system-tables-mysql_install_db mysqld_safe[5671]: MariaDB is hosted on launchpad; You can find the latest source and mysqld_safe[5671]: email lists at http://launchpad.net/maria mysqld_safe[5671]: mysqld_safe[5671]: Please check all of the above before submitting a bug report mysqld_safe[5671]: at http://mariadb.org/jira mysqld_safe[5671]: /etc/init.d/mysql[6513]: 0 processes alive and '/usr/bin/mysqladmin --defaults-file=/etc/mysql/debian.cnf ping' resulted in /etc/init.d/mysql[6513]: #007/usr/bin/mysqladmin: connect to server at 'localhost' failed /etc/init.d/mysql[6513]: error: 'Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket '/var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock' (2)' /etc/init.d/mysql[6513]: Check that mysqld is running and that the socket: '/var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock' exists! /etc/init.d/mysql[6513]:
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