MySQL Job failed to start

Question

I\'m on Kubuntu 12.04, and after installing mysql via an apt-get (mysql ver: 5.5.35), i\'m trying to start mysql service, but I got this error:

sudo servi

Answer 1

Check the file permissions, if edited

Fail:

$ sudo chmod 776 /etc/mysql/my.cnf
$ sudo service mysql restart
mysql stop/waiting
start: Job failed to start

Ok:

$ sudo chmod 774 /etc/mysql/my.cnf
$ sudo service mysql restart
stop: Unknown instance:
mysql start/running, process 9564