[PLUG] Having chroot Problems with MySQL and Locales

Tim Bruce - PLUG timb at tbruce.com
Wed Jun 2 13:56:31 UTC 2010


Mark,

For mysql, did you look at /var/lib/mysql as well.  All the data gets
written there.

There are also log files in /var/log/mysql* and/or /var/log/mysql/* that
you'll need to map into your chroot environment.  Either one could be
stopping mysql from starting.


On Wed, June 2, 2010 06:46, Mark Phillips wrote:
> I have created a 32 bit chroot (Debian Lenny) on my 64 bit Debian Squeeze
> machine. I am having a problem installing mysql into this chroot, as well
> as
> a problem with locales.
>
> 1. I have run dpk-reconfigure locales, answered all the questions but I
> still get locale warnings:
>
> .....
>
> 2. MySQL fails the configuration, but there are no error messages to say
> what is failing:
> Starting MySQL database server: mysqld . . . . . . . . . . . . . . failed!
> invoke-rc.d: initscript mysql, action "start" failed.
> dpkg: error processing mysql-server-5.0 (--configure):
>  subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1
> dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of mysql-server:
>  mysql-server depends on mysql-server-5.0; however:
>   Package mysql-server-5.0 is not configured yet.
> dpkg: error processing mysql-server (--configure):
>  dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
> Errors were encountered while processing:
>  mysql-server-5.0
>  mysql-server
>
> I have mounted /proc and /dev/pts to the chroot. Am I missing anything
> else?
> I can't seem to find a good mysql chroot example on the web - many of them
> work by installing mysql and then moving it to the chroot (won't for for
> me
> as I have a 64 bit system) or compiling from source. i could do that, but
> I
> was hoping not to have to.
>
> Thanks!
>
> Mark
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Tim
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