<html><head></head><body><div class="ydpd6eb3987yahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family:Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:10px;"><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><div><div>On Saturday, October 10, 2020, 05:55:27 PM EDT, Mike Perkins <mikep@randomtraveller.org.uk> wrote:</div><div><div dir="ltr">> Are you deleting just the link or the file it points to? :) I suspect the package is attempting to<br clear="none">> create the file and then link it. Both file and link need to go before you rerun.<br clear="none"><div class="ydp4096401yqt0378131261" id="ydp4096401yqtfd37552" dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br clear="none">'fraid that wasn't it...good thought though :-)</div><div class="ydp4096401yqt0378131261" id="ydp4096401yqtfd37552" dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div class="ydp4096401yqt0378131261" id="ydp4096401yqtfd37552" dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">Creating that file by doing this made it go further:<br><div><div>touch /etc/mysql/conf.d/mythtv.cnf</div><div><br></div></div></div><div class="ydp4096401yqt0378131261" id="ydp4096401yqtfd37552" dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><div>ERROR 2002 (HY000): Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket '/var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock' (2)</div><div><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">But it's because mariadb didn't start cleanly either :-(</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><div><div>● mariadb.service - MariaDB 10.3.22 database server</div><div> Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/mariadb.service; enabled; vendor preset: enabled)</div><div> Active: failed (Result: exit-code) since Sat 2020-10-10 21:49:05 EDT; 1min 11s ago</div><div> Docs: man:mysqld(8)</div><div> https://mariadb.com/kb/en/library/systemd/</div><div> Process: 111456 ExecStartPre=/usr/bin/install -m 755 -o mysql -g root -d /var/run/mysqld (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS)</div><div> Process: 111460 ExecStartPre=/bin/sh -c systemctl unset-environment _WSREP_START_POSITION (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS)</div><div> Process: 111475 ExecStartPre=/bin/sh -c [ ! -e /usr/bin/galera_recovery ] && VAR= || VAR=`/usr/bin/galera_recovery`; [ ></div><div> Process: 111523 ExecStart=/usr/sbin/mysqld $MYSQLD_OPTS $_WSREP_NEW_CLUSTER $_WSREP_START_POSITION (code=exited, status=1></div><div> Main PID: 111523 (code=exited, status=1/FAILURE)</div><div><br></div><div>Oct 10 21:49:03 hellbat systemd[1]: Starting MariaDB 10.3.22 database server...</div><div>Oct 10 21:49:03 hellbat mysqld[111523]: 2020-10-10 21:49:03 0 [Note] /usr/sbin/mysqld (mysqld 10.3.22-MariaDB-1ubuntu1) start></div><div>Oct 10 21:49:05 hellbat systemd[1]: mariadb.service: Main process exited, code=exited, status=1/FAILURE</div><div>Oct 10 21:49:05 hellbat systemd[1]: mariadb.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'.</div><div>Oct 10 21:49:05 hellbat systemd[1]: Failed to start MariaDB 10.3.22 database server.</div><div><br></div></div><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><div>kenyee@hellbat:~$ journalctl -xe</div><div>-- Defined-By: systemd</div><div>-- Support: http://www.ubuntu.com/support</div><div>--</div><div>-- An ExecStart= process belonging to unit mariadb.service has exited.</div><div>--</div><div>-- The process' exit code is 'exited' and its exit status is 1.</div><div>Oct 10 21:49:05 hellbat systemd[1]: mariadb.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'.</div><div>-- Subject: Unit failed</div><div>-- Defined-By: systemd</div><div>-- Support: http://www.ubuntu.com/support</div><div>--</div><div>-- The unit mariadb.service has entered the 'failed' state with result 'exit-code'.</div><div>Oct 10 21:49:05 hellbat systemd[1]: Failed to start MariaDB 10.3.22 database server.</div><div>-- Subject: A start job for unit mariadb.service has failed</div><div>-- Defined-By: systemd</div><div>-- Support: http://www.ubuntu.com/support</div><div>--</div><div>-- A start job for unit mariadb.service has finished with a failure.</div><div>--</div><div>-- The job identifier is 130350 and the job result is failed.</div><div>Oct 10 21:49:05 hellbat sudo[111447]: pam_unix(sudo:session): session closed for user root</div><div><br style="color: rgb(38, 40, 42); font-family: Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"></div></div></div></div></div></div><br></div></div></body></html>