MySQL Bugs: #17606: Installation on RHEL4 fails with 'Problems running mysql_install

Bug #17606	Installation on RHEL4 fails with 'Problems running mysql_install_db'
Submitted:	21 Feb 2006 10:10	Modified:	5 Apr 2006 13:38
Reporter:	syed Ismail	Email Updates:
Status:	No Feedback	Impact on me:	None
Category:	MySQL Server	Severity:	S3 (Non-critical)
Version:	5.0.18	OS:	Linux (Linux 2.6.9-5.EL)
Assigned to:		CPU Architecture:	Any

Description:
Not able to install MySQL standard server 5.0.18 using rpm on Red Hat Advance Server 4.
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[root@mgs3 RPMS]# rpm -i MySQL-server-standard-5.0.18-0.rhel4.i386.rpm
warning: MySQL-server-standard-5.0.18-0.rhel4.i386.rpm: V3 DSA signature: NOKEY, key ID 5072e1f5
Installation of system tables failed!

Examine the logs in /var/lib/mysql for more information.
You can also try to start the mysqld daemon with:
/usr/sbin/mysqld --skip-grant &
You can use the command line tool
/usr/bin/mysql to connect to the mysql
database and look at the grant tables:

shell> /usr/bin/mysql -u root mysql
mysql> show tables

Try 'mysqld --help' if you have problems with paths. Using --log
gives you a log in /var/lib/mysql that may be helpful.

The latest information about MySQL is available on the web at
http://www.mysql.com
Please consult the MySQL manual section: 'Problems running mysql_install_db',
and the manual section that describes problems on your OS.
Another information source is the MySQL email archive.
Please check all of the above before mailing us!
And if you do mail us, you MUST use the /usr/bin/mysqlbug script!
Starting MySQL...................................[FAILED]
[root@mgs3 RPMS]#                                 

How to repeat:
download MySQL-server-standard-5.0.18-0.rhel4.i386.rpm frpm mysql site
and try to install it on RH Advance Server 4.

Thank you for a problem report. Please, send the results of the following commands from your Linux:

netstat -a
rpm -q -a | grep -i mysql

[root@mgs3 RPMS]# rpm -q -a | grep -i mysql
mysqlclient10-3.23.58-4.RHEL4.1
MySQL-devel-standard-5.0.18-0.rhel4
mysqlclient10-devel-3.23.58-4.RHEL4.1
MySQL-shared-standard-5.0.18-0.rhel4
MySQL-client-standard-5.0.18-0.rhel4
MySQL-server-standard-5.0.18-0.rhel4

netstat output

Attachment: netstat_mgs3.txt (text/plain), 17.31 KiB.

Thank you for the additional information. Do you have SELinux installed and enabled? If yes, please, try to disable it (see http://www.crypt.gen.nz/selinux/faq.html#GA.6, for example) and then reinstall the RPM.

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".