MYSQL Server fails to start with no logs - Ubuntu on WSL

Mark Deven

3/16/24, 5:05 PM

I'm running Ubuntu in WSL on Windows 10.

I'm trying to get an owncloud server going but I've been unable to get mysql working.

When I run sudo service mysql start it takes it's time before reporting: [Fail] with no other output:

I tried checking the logs but there are no mysql related logs in /var/log/. No folders or files related to mysql at all.

/etc/mysql/my.conf includes:

[mysqld_safe]
log_error=/var/log/mysql/mysql_error.log

[mysqld]
log_error=/var/log/mysql/mysql_error.log

general_log_file        = /var/log/mysql/mysql.log
general_log             = 1

dmesg has nothing in it with mysql, cnf, or mariadb.

Things I've tried

Adding innodb_buffer_pool_size = 16M to the my.cnf file - Resulted in Fatal error in defaults handling. Program aborted!
Verified that there are no symlink issues with my.cnf
Ran fresh reinstall of mysql

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Wilson Hauck

3/18/24, 3:33 AM

Please be accurate in describing the name of your my.cnf. You may edit your question to get it right. Then I will remove this comment. Please post the complete content of your my.cnf for review. You may want to consider using /var/log/mysql/mysql-general.log for the filename to be more descriptive. Thanks

Wilson Hauck

3/18/24, 1:26 PM

When in /var/log/ you must make a folder/directory for mysql/ and grant premissions to be used. Then you have an environment with a prayer of having files to be viewed.

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