Post-Start process error (1 reply)

After a power outage yesterday our MySQL sever won't start. We have MySQL version 5.1 running on a Ububtu 10.04 LTS server. When I try to start MySQL it hangs. ps shows the process MySQL Start is running and the syslog shows the same three error messages every few minutes.

Jan 31 13:27:51 read init: mysql main process ended, respawning
Jan 31 13:27:51 read kernel: [17959.779268] type=1505 audit(1328038071.321:96): operation="profile_replace" pid=5333 name="/usr/sbin/mysqld"
Jan 31 13:28:21 read init: mysql post-start process (5338) terminated with status 1
Jan 31 13:28:21 read kernel: [17989.889406] type=1505 audit(1328038101.478:97): operation="profile_replace" pid=5437 name="/usr/sbin/mysqld"
Jan 31 13:28:21 read init: mysql main process (5441) terminated with status 1
Jan 31 13:28:21 read init: mysql main process ended, respawning
Jan 31 13:28:51 read init: mysql post-start process (5442) terminated with status 1
Jan 31 13:28:51 read init: mysql main process (5529) terminated with status 1
Jan 31 13:28:51 read init: mysql main process ended, respawning
Jan 31 13:28:51 read kernel: [18019.998468] type=1505 audit(1328038131.631:98): operation="profile_replace" pid=5525 name="/usr/sbin/mysqld"
Jan 31 13:29:21 read init: mysql post-start process (5530) terminated with status 1
Jan 31 13:29:21 read kernel: [18050.107443] type=1505 audit(1328038161.788:99): operation="profile_replace" pid=5621 name="/usr/sbin/mysqld"
Jan 31 13:29:21 read init: mysql main process (5625) terminated with status 1
Jan 31 13:29:21 read init: mysql main process ended, respawning

This keeps up until I stop the MySQL process.

The MySQL error log is blank.

When the server went down could something have gotten corrupted? The server has been working since we brought it online in June.

BTW, of course I do not have a recent backup, if I did I would not be in this situation. Any ideas?

Mark