On Wednesday 22 December 2010 15:35:38 Marek Otahal wrote:

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Well, I managed to get it running: install mysql (& the rest) from extra, run mysql_upgrade (ok), restart mysqld, install from testing, now mysqld restart works, but on

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mysql_upgrade i get : Hi, did you set some password? If so, try with mysql_upgrade -p. (and with mysql running) Thanks Andrea, it was the password. Now running all fine. I had to use this link to reset the passwd : http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.0/en/resetting-permissions.html#resetting-

On Wednesday 22 of December 2010 16:51:23 Andrea Scarpino wrote: permissions-unix --just note: the file with sql command to change pwd must be chmod a+r 'd and placed to an accessible folder if done under root and run as --user=mysql. I also had to rm some log files since size did not fit and it died with error. After this I could run mysql_upgrade -p , restart mysqld and now everything plays nice. Thanks everyone and merry Christmas :o) -- Marek Otahal :o)