<html><head></head><body><div class="yahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family:Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:10px;"><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">This got MariaDB working:<br><a href="https://serverfault.com/questions/812719/mysql-mariadb-not-starting/813123" rel="nofollow" target="_blank" class="">https://serverfault.com/questions/812719/mysql-mariadb-not-starting/813123</a><br></div><div><br></div><div>Basically delete /var/lib/mysql</div><div><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">Probably some weird permissions issue with it after the Ubuntu upgrade...</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">Hopefully the rest of the MythTV install is uneventful...</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div></div></body></html>