linux:/usr/local/mysql/50080/bin # ./mysql_install_db WARNING: The host 'linux' could not be looked up with resolveip. This probably means that your libc libraries are not 100 % compatible with this binary MySQL version. The MySQL daemon, mysqld, should work normally with the exception that host name resolving will not work. This means that you should use IP addresses instead of hostnames when specifying MySQL privileges ! Installing all prepared tables mysqld: item_strfunc.cc:2223: virtual String* Item_func_conv_charset::val_str(String*): Assertion `fixed == 1' failed. mysqld got signal 6; This could be because you hit a bug. It is also possible that this binary or one of the libraries it was linked against is corrupt, improperly built, or misconfigured. This error can also be caused by malfunctioning hardware. We will try our best to scrape up some info that will hopefully help diagnose the problem, but since we have already crashed, something is definitely wrong and this may fail. key_buffer_size=8388572 read_buffer_size=131072 max_used_connections=0 max_connections=100 threads_connected=1 It is possible that mysqld could use up to key_buffer_size + (read_buffer_size + sort_buffer_size)*max_connections = 225788 K bytes of memory Hope that's ok; if not, decrease some variables in the equation. thd=0x8651d58 Attempting backtrace. You can use the following information to find out where mysqld died. If you see no messages after this, something went terribly wrong... Cannot determine thread, fp=0x40ab2ac4, backtrace may not be correct. Stack range sanity check OK, backtrace follows: 0x818b57d 0xffffe420 (nil) 0x400f0573 0x8143c86 0x8278c24 0x827b084 0x81a417c 0x81ab7f7 0x819fe26 0x400577f3 0x4018762a New value of fp=(nil) failed sanity check, terminating stack trace! Please read http://dev.mysql.com/doc/mysql/en/Using_stack_trace.html and follow instructions on how to resolve the stack trace. Resolved stack trace is much more helpful in diagnosing the problem, so please do resolve it Trying to get some variables. Some pointers may be invalid and cause the dump to abort... thd->query at 0x8675fa0 = CREATE TABLE proc ( db char(64) binary DEFAULT '' NOT NULL, name char(64) DEFAULT '' NOT NULL, type enum('FUNCTION','PROCEDURE') NOT NULL, specific_name char(64) DEFAULT '' NOT NULL, language enum('SQL') DEFAULT 'SQL' NOT NULL, sql_data_access enum('CONTAINS_SQL', 'NO_SQL', 'READS_SQL_DATA', 'MODIFIES_SQL_DATA' ) DEFAULT 'CONTAINS_SQL' NOT NULL, is_deterministic enum('YES','NO') DEFAULT 'NO' NOT NULL, security_type enum('INVOKER','DEFINER') DEFAULT 'DEFINER' NOT NULL, param_list blob DEFAULT '' NOT NULL, returns char(64) DEFAULT '' NOT NULL, body blob DEFAULT '' NOT NULL, definer char(77) binary DEFAULT '' NOT NULL, created timestamp, modified timestamp, sql_mode set( 'REAL_AS_FLOAT', 'PIPES_AS_CONCAT', 'ANSI_QUOTES', thd->thread_id=1 The manual page at http://www.mysql.com/doc/en/Crashing.html contains information that should help you find out what is causing the crash. Installation of system tables failed! Examine the logs in /usr/local/mysql/50080/data for more information. You can also try to start the mysqld daemon with: /usr/local/mysql/50080/libexec/mysqld --skip-grant & You can use the command line tool /usr/local/mysql/50080/bin/mysql to connect to the mysql database and look at the grant tables: