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<launchpad-bug id="884728">
  <date_last_updated>2011-12-01 18:21:13.347708+00:00</date_last_updated>
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    <bug_owner_link>https://api.launchpad.net/1.0/~dreas-9</bug_owner_link>
    <milestone_link>https://api.launchpad.net/1.0/maria/+milestone/5.2</milestone_link>
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  <bug_web_link>https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/884728</bug_web_link>
  <owner>Dreas van Donselaar</owner>
  <assignee>Michael Widenius</assignee>
  <milestone_title>Maria 5.2</milestone_title>
  <duplicate_link></duplicate_link>
  <duplicate_bug_id></duplicate_bug_id>
  <title>[ERROR] mysqld: Aria engine: log initialization failed</title>
  <status>In Progress</status>
  <importance>Undecided</importance>
  <created>2011-11-01 12:38:27.881128+00:00</created>
  <description>
<![CDATA[MariaDB failed to start on one of our systems:
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Nov  1 13:35:03 server1 mysqld_safe: Starting mysqld daemon with databases from /var/lib/mysql
Nov  1 13:35:03 server1 mysqld: 111101 13:35:03 [Warning] 'master-host' is deprecated and will be removed in a future release. Please use ''CHANGE MASTER'' instead.
Nov  1 13:35:03 server1 mysqld: 111101 13:35:03 [Note] Plugin 'BLACKHOLE' is disabled.
Nov  1 13:35:03 server1 mysqld: 111101 13:35:03 [Note] Plugin 'CSV' is disabled.
Nov  1 13:35:03 server1 mysqld: 111101 13:35:03 [Note] Plugin 'FEDERATED' is disabled.
Nov  1 13:35:03 server1 mysqld: 111101 13:35:03 [ERROR] mysqld: Aria engine: log initialization failed
Nov  1 13:35:03 server1 mysqld: 111101 13:35:03 [ERROR] Plugin 'Aria' init function returned error.
Nov  1 13:35:03 server1 mysqld: 111101 13:35:03 [ERROR] Plugin 'Aria' registration as a STORAGE ENGINE failed.
Nov  1 13:35:03 server1 mysqld: 111101 13:35:03 [ERROR] Failed to initialize plugins.
Nov  1 13:35:03 server1 mysqld: 111101 13:35:03 [ERROR] Aborting
Nov  1 13:35:03 server1 mysqld: 
Nov  1 13:35:03 server1 mysqld: 111101 13:35:03 [Note] /usr/sbin/mysqld: Shutdown complete
Nov  1 13:35:03 server1 mysqld: 
Nov  1 13:35:03 server1 mysqld_safe: mysqld from pid file /var/run/mysqld/mysqld.pid ended
===========

Removing /var/lib/mysql/aria* allowed MariaDB to start again. I'll upload the corrupt Aria files to FTP (we verified on another system that it indeed fails to start with those files).]]>  </description>
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      <person>Dreas van Donselaar</person>
      <message>added bug</message>
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<![CDATA[Michael Widenius (monty)]]>      </newvalue>
      <whatchanged>maria: assignee</whatchanged>
      <person>Philip Stoev</person>
      <message></message>
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<![CDATA[New]]>      </oldvalue>
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<![CDATA[In Progress]]>      </newvalue>
      <whatchanged>maria: status</whatchanged>
      <person>Michael Widenius</person>
      <message></message>
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      <newvalue>
<![CDATA[5.2]]>      </newvalue>
      <whatchanged>maria: milestone</whatchanged>
      <person>Michael Widenius</person>
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  <comments>
    <comment commentlink="https://api.launchpad.net/1.0/maria/+bug/884728/comments/1" datecreated="2011-11-11T14:06:42.700212+00:00">
      <person>Dreas van Donselaar</person>
      <subject>
<![CDATA[Re: [ERROR] mysqld: Aria engine: log initialization failed]]>      </subject>
      <content>
<![CDATA[Exactly the same Aria bug occurred on another server after a storage issue. Removing the aria_log_control file allowed MariaDB 5.2.9 to start again. I'll upload another collection of data files to FTP.]]>      </content>
    </comment>
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</launchpad-bug>
