Setting up mysql-server-5.5 (5.5.17-4ubuntu6) ...
111221 19:54:10 [Note] Plugin 'FEDERATED' is disabled.
111221 19:54:10 InnoDB: The InnoDB memory heap is disabled
111221 19:54:10 InnoDB: Mutexes and rw_locks use GCC atomic builtins
111221 19:54:10 InnoDB: Compressed tables use zlib 1.2.3.4
111221 19:54:10 InnoDB: Initializing buffer pool, size = 128.0M
111221 19:54:10 InnoDB: Completed initialization of buffer pool
111221 19:54:10 InnoDB: highest supported file format is Barracuda.
111221 19:54:10  InnoDB: Waiting for the background threads to start
111221 19:54:11 InnoDB: 1.1.8 started; log sequence number 1589349
111221 19:54:11  InnoDB: Starting shutdown...
111221 19:54:12  InnoDB: Shutdown completed; log sequence number 1589349
start: Job failed to start
invoke-rc.d: initscript mysql, action "start" failed.
dpkg: error processing mysql-server-5.5 (--configure):
 subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1