[debian-mysql] Bug#588217: mysql-server-5.1: mysql-server5.1 installation error

[Deepak Tripathi]

Package: mysql-server-5.1
Version: 5.1.48-1
Severity: important

Hi ,

when i am trying to install mysql-server-5.1 using apt. I am getting mysql-
server start failed error.
when i run manually then syslog has following content.



Jul  6 13:38:01 debian mysqld_safe: Starting mysqld daemon with databases from
/var/lib/mysql
Jul  6 13:38:01 debian mysqld: 100706 13:38:01 [Note] Plugin 'FEDERATED' is
disabled.
Jul  6 13:38:02 debian mysqld: 100706 13:38:02  InnoDB: Started; log sequence
number 0 44233
Jul  6 13:38:02 debian mysqld: 100706 13:38:02 [ERROR] Can't start server: Bind
on TCP/IP port: Cannot assign requested address
Jul  6 13:38:02 debian mysqld: 100706 13:38:02 [ERROR] Do you already have
another mysqld server running on port: 3306 ?
Jul  6 13:38:02 debian mysqld: 100706 13:38:02 [ERROR] Aborting
Jul  6 13:38:02 debian mysqld:
Jul  6 13:38:02 debian mysqld: 100706 13:38:02  InnoDB: Starting shutdown...
Jul  6 13:38:07 debian mysqld: 100706 13:38:07  InnoDB: Shutdown completed; log
sequence number 0 44233
Jul  6 13:38:07 debian mysqld: 100706 13:38:07 [Note] /usr/sbin/mysqld:
Shutdown complete
Jul  6 13:38:07 debian mysqld:
Jul  6 13:38:07 debian mysqld_safe: mysqld from pid file
/var/run/mysqld/mysqld.pid ended
Jul  6 13:38:16 debian /etc/init.d/mysql[22976]: 0 processes alive and
'/usr/bin/mysqladmin --defaults-file=/etc/mysql/debian.cnf ping' resulted in
Jul  6 13:38:16 debian /etc/init.d/mysql[22976]: #007/usr/bin/mysqladmin:
connect to server at 'localhost' failed
Jul  6 13:38:16 debian /etc/init.d/mysql[22976]: error: 'Can't connect to local
MySQL server through socket '/var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock' (2)'
Jul  6 13:38:16 debian /etc/init.d/mysql[22976]: Check that mysqld is running
and that the socket: '/var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock' exists!
Jul  6 13:38:16 debian /etc/init.d/mysql[22976]:



Please note that i do not have any port(3306) open .



kind to see your response soon.

Thanks
Deepak.
irc: irc.debain.org
nick: deepak|gnumonk



-- System Information:
Debian Release: squeeze/sid
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.32-5-686 (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash

Versions of packages mysql-server-5.1 depends on:
ii  adduser                 3.112            add and remove users and groups
ii  debconf [debconf-2.0]   1.5.32           Debian configuration management sy
ii  libc6                   2.11.2-2         Embedded GNU C Library: Shared lib
ii  libdbi-perl             1.611-1          Perl Database Interface (DBI)
ii  libgcc1                 1:4.4.4-6        GCC support library
ii  libmysqlclient16        5.1.48-1         MySQL database client library
ii  libstdc++6              4.4.4-6          The GNU Standard C++ Library v3
ii  lsb-base                3.2-23.1         Linux Standard Base 3.2 init scrip
ii  mysql-client-5.1        5.1.48-1         MySQL database client binaries
ii  mysql-common            5.1.48-1         MySQL database common files, e.g. 
ii  mysql-server-core-5.1   5.1.48-1         MySQL database server binaries
ii  passwd                  1:4.1.4.2-1      change and administer password and
ii  perl                    5.10.1-13        Larry Wall's Practical Extraction 
ii  psmisc                  22.11-1          utilities that use the proc file s
ii  zlib1g                  1:1.2.3.4.dfsg-3 compression library - runtime

Versions of packages mysql-server-5.1 recommends:
ii  bsd-mailx [mailx]  8.1.2-0.20100314cvs-1 simple mail user agent
ii  libhtml-template-p 2.9-1                 HTML::Template : A module for usin

Versions of packages mysql-server-5.1 suggests:
pn  tinyca                        <none>     (no description available)

-- debconf information:
  mysql-server/error_setting_password:
  mysql-server-5.1/start_on_boot: true
  mysql-server-5.1/postrm_remove_databases: false
  mysql-server-5.1/nis_warning:
  mysql-server-5.1/really_downgrade: false
  mysql-server/password_mismatch:
  mysql-server/no_upgrade_when_using_ndb: