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Nighthawk: Created page with " == Problem == mysqld fails to start. ==Errors == # /etc/init.d/mysql start * Checking mysqld configuration for mysql ... 2015-06-29 15:22:32 0 [ERROR] /usr/sbin/mysq..."
2015-06-30T13:22:59Z
<p>Created page with " == Problem == mysqld fails to start. ==Errors == # /etc/init.d/mysql start * Checking mysqld configuration for mysql ... 2015-06-29 15:22:32 0 [ERROR] /usr/sbin/mysq..."</p>
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== Problem ==<br />
mysqld fails to start. <br />
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==Errors ==<br />
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# /etc/init.d/mysql start<br />
* Checking mysqld configuration for mysql ...<br />
2015-06-29 15:22:32 0 [ERROR] /usr/sbin/mysqld: ambiguous option '--log=/var/log/mysql/mysql.log' (log-bin, log_slave_updates)<br />
2015-06-29 15:22:32 0 [ERROR] Aborting<br />
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2015-06-29 15:22:32 0 [Note] Binlog end<br />
* mysql config check failed <br />
* ERROR: mysql failed to start [ !! ]<br />
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== solution ==<br />
Root cause is the use of a deprecated my.cnf configuration option. In this case it was the log setting.<br />
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Change the following old config line<br />
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log = /var/log/mysql/mysql.log<br />
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to<br />
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general-log = /var/log/mysql/mysql.log<br />
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restart mysqld<br />
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[[category:mysql]]</div>
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