Dunno if anyone will be able to help, but I've got some real issues with my VPS and I'm turning to Hexus - you're my only hope!
Basically, a variety of services died on their rear ends yesterday, for no apparent reason. When I phoned support they claimed there was a node out last night, but that is meant to have been resolved now. However, today I couldn't get any websites or email services on my VPS.
Tonight, I've SSHed to the server and managed to get Apache and q-mail started, but MySQL just will not start. I've had a look at the obvious log files and can't see anything useful, but I'm a long way from a linux expert these days.
So, where should I be looking for more assistance? Which log file holds the critical piece of information I'm missing? And what's the best way to go about trying to start the service aside from using the script @ /etc/init.d/mysql (in case it's an issue with the start-up script)?
AFAIK, the VPS runs MySQL 5.0.22 on Ubuntu 6.06, I've had a quck google but couldn't find anything immediately useful (my google-fu is weak )...
EDIT
OK, after poking around with Virtuozzo I found that there was an update available for MySQL on my VPS, installed it, and we're all good! No idea what scuppered it in the first place mind you. It's a good job I'm not sitting at my desk though - it'd have a head-shaped impression if I was