Ho hum! It seems that after all my mysql.user Password field was different from /etc/mysql/debian.cnf. I've updated password string.
mysql> SELECT Host,User,Password FROM user WHERE User = 'debian-sys-maint'; +-----------+------------------+------------------+ | Host | User | Password | +-----------+------------------+------------------+ | localhost | debian-sys-maint | 69006d5d4d87514c | +-----------+------------------+------------------+ 1 row in set (0.00 sec) [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~# cat /etc/mysql/debian.cnf | grep password password = 69006d5d4d87514c password = 69006d5d4d87514c And now... MySQL won't even start. [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~# /etc/init.d/mysql start * Starting MySQL database server mysqld [ OK ] /usr/bin/mysqladmin: connect to server at 'localhost' failed error: 'Access denied for user 'debian-sys-maint'@'localhost' (using password: YES)' I wonder if that's somehow related to Host field. Maybe I'll change its value to '%'. About logs, same as in Shot comment before, /var/log/mysql.err and .log are empty. Binlogs are also quiet. -- MySQL server fails to upgrade in Gutsy https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/153221 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs