MySQL Bugs: #62181: MySQL Setup fails when configuring MySQL Server 5.5.15

Bug #62181	MySQL Setup fails when configuring MySQL Server 5.5.15
Submitted:	16 Aug 2011 17:45	Modified:	4 Oct 2012 7:05
Reporter:	Derek Bates	Email Updates:
Status:	Duplicate	Impact on me:	None
Category:	MySQL Server: Installing	Severity:	S1 (Critical)
Version:	5.5.15	OS:	Windows (XP Pro SP3 x32)
Assigned to:		CPU Architecture:	Any

Description:
Whilst attempting to install MySQL 5.5 using mysql-installer-5.5.15.0.msi I get "mysql-server-5.5-win32-gpl:100 - Unable to configure service." reported in details. I've tried running the debug bit from CMD but I get this:-

C:\Program Files\MySQL\MySQL Server 5.5\bin>mysqld --defaults-file=path_for_my_i
ni\my.ini --standalone --console
Could not open required defaults file: C:\Program Files\MySQL\MySQL Server 5.5\b
in\path_for_my_ini\my.ini
Fatal error in defaults handling. Program aborted

C:\Program Files\MySQL\MySQL Server 5.5\bin>mysqld --defaults-file="C:\Documents
 and Settings\All Users\Application Data\MySQL\MySQL Server 5.5\my.ini --standal
one --console
Could not open required defaults file: C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Appli
cation Data\MySQL\MySQL Server 5.5\my.ini --standalone --console
Fatal error in defaults handling. Program aborted

Can you help me?

How to repeat:
Don't know. I've un-installed, restarted and re-installed and it repeats then.

The install log from the MSI.

Attachment: bug-data-62181.rar (application/octet-stream, text), 62.80 KiB.

From a command prompt run as Administrator try:

C:\Program Files\MySQL\MySQL Server 5.5\bin>mysqld --defaults-file="C:\Program Files\MySQL\MySQL Server 5.5\my.ini" --standalone --console

I followed your suggestion and got this:-

Microsoft Windows XP [Version 5.1.2600]
(C) Copyright 1985-2001 Microsoft Corp.

C:\Documents and Settings\PendleSoft>cd..

C:\Documents and Settings>cd..

C:\>cd C:\Program Files\MySQL\MySQL Server 5.5\bin

C:\Program Files\MySQL\MySQL Server 5.5\bin>mysqld --defaults-file="C:\Program F
iles\MySQL\MySQL Server 5.5\my.ini" --standalone --console
110816 19:38:50 [Note] Plugin 'FEDERATED' is disabled.
110816 19:38:50 InnoDB: The InnoDB memory heap is disabled
110816 19:38:50 InnoDB: Mutexes and rw_locks use Windows interlocked functions
110816 19:38:50 InnoDB: Compressed tables use zlib 1.2.3
110816 19:38:50 InnoDB: Initializing buffer pool, size = 46.0M
110816 19:38:50 InnoDB: Completed initialization of buffer pool
InnoDB: Error: log file .\ib_logfile0 is of different size 0 20971520 bytes
InnoDB: than specified in the .cnf file 0 24117248 bytes!
110816 19:38:51 [ERROR] Plugin 'InnoDB' init function returned error.
110816 19:38:51 [ERROR] Plugin 'InnoDB' registration as a STORAGE ENGINE failed.

110816 19:38:51 [ERROR] Unknown/unsupported storage engine: INNODB
110816 19:38:51 [ERROR] Aborting

110816 19:38:51 [Note] mysqld: Shutdown complete

C:\Program Files\MySQL\MySQL Server 5.5\bin>

OK, so this is the problem:

110816 19:38:50 InnoDB: Completed initialization of buffer pool
InnoDB: Error: log file .\ib_logfile0 is of different size 0 20971520 bytes
InnoDB: than specified in the .cnf file 0 24117248 bytes!

Please, change innodb_log_file_size value in the "C:\Program Files\MySQL\MySQL Server 5.5\my.ini" file to match the real size:

innodb_log_file_size=20971520

and try to start server again.

No feedback was provided for this bug for over a month, so it is
being suspended automatically. If you are able to provide the
information that was originally requested, please do so and change
the status of the bug back to "Open".

I tried that solution and it is still giving me the same error

Are you tried Valeriy's suggestion?. Thanks.

No feedback was provided for this bug for over a month, so it is
being suspended automatically. If you are able to provide the
information that was originally requested, please do so and change
the status of the bug back to "Open".

Duplicate of Bug#13494