When I try to start maria, Ubuntu 11.04, a local install mariadb 5.2.7 sudo /usr/bin/mysqld_safe I get 110801 22:40:54 mysqld_safe Logging to syslog. 110801 22:40:54 mysqld_safe Starting mysqld daemon with databases from /var/lib/mysql 110801 22:40:54 mysqld_safe mysqld from pid file /var/run/mysqld/mysqld.pid ended If I try sudo /etc/init.d/mysql start I get * Starting MariaDB database server mysqld [fail] sudo /usr/bin/mysqld_safe -h localhost or 127.0.0.1 with the same results as before. I have been researching this problem and have found nothing definite about the problem of how to solve it. I have tried a complete reinstall from the repository and it has not helped. I have verified my.conf appears to be correct based on information I have found on the web. I have enclosed the output from mysqlbug: GNU nano 2.2.6 File: /tmp/mysqlbug-3129/mysqlbug C++ compiler: g++-4.5.real (Ubuntu/Linaro 4.5.2-8ubuntu4) 4.5.2 Environment: System: Linux planas-pingy-1104 2.6.38-9-generic #43-Ubuntu SMP Thu Apr 28 15:2$ Some paths: /usr/bin/perl /usr/bin/make /usr/bin/gcc /usr/bin/cc GCC: Using built-in specs. COLLECT_GCC=/usr/bin/gcc COLLECT_LTO_WRAPPER=/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/gcc/x86_64-linux-gnu/4.5.2/lto-wr$ Target: x86_64-linux-gnu Configured with: ../src/configure -v --with-pkgversion='Ubuntu/Linaro 4.5.2-8ub$ Thread model: posix gcc version 4.5.2 (Ubuntu/Linaro 4.5.2-8ubuntu4) Compilation info (call): CC='gcc -static-libgcc' CFLAGS='-O2 -fno-omit-frame-p$ Compilation info (used): CC='gcc -static-libgcc' CFLAGS=' -O2 -fno-omit-frame-$ Configure command: ../configure '--build=x86_64-linux-gnu' '--host=x86_64-linu$ -- Jay Lozier jslozier@gmail.com