Description of problem: [root@localhost log]# service mysqld start Redirecting to /bin/systemctl start mysqld.service Job for mariadb.service failed. See 'systemctl status mariadb.service' and 'journalctl -xn' for details. [root@localhost log]# systemctl status mariadb.service mariadb.service - MariaDB database server Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/mariadb.service; disabled) Active: failed (Result: exit-code) since Fri 2013-11-29 01:33:38 YEKT; 3s ago Process: 6541 ExecStartPost=/usr/libexec/mariadb-wait-ready $MAINPID (code=exited, status=1/FAILURE) Process: 6540 ExecStart=/usr/bin/mysqld_safe --basedir=/usr (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS) Process: 6517 ExecStartPre=/usr/libexec/mariadb-prepare-db-dir %n (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS) Main PID: 6540 (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS) Nov 29 01:33:35 localhost.localdomain systemd[1]: Starting MariaDB database server... Nov 29 01:33:35 localhost.localdomain mysqld_safe[6540]: 131129 01:33:35 mysqld_safe Logging to '/var/log/mariadb/mariadb.log'. Nov 29 01:33:35 localhost.localdomain mysqld_safe[6540]: 131129 01:33:35 mysqld_safe Starting mysqld daemon with databases from /var/lib/mysql Nov 29 01:33:37 localhost.localdomain systemd[1]: mariadb.service: control process exited, code=exited status=1 Nov 29 01:33:38 localhost.localdomain mysqld_safe[6540]: 131129 01:33:38 mysqld_safe mysqld from pid file /var/run/mariadb/mariadb.pid ended Nov 29 01:33:38 localhost.localdomain systemd[1]: Failed to start MariaDB database server. Nov 29 01:33:38 localhost.localdomain systemd[1]: Unit mariadb.service entered failed state. [root@localhost log]# cat /var/log/mariadb/mariadb.log 131129 01:33:35 mysqld_safe Starting mysqld daemon with databases from /var/lib/mysql 131129 1:33:35 InnoDB: The InnoDB memory heap is disabled 131129 1:33:35 InnoDB: Mutexes and rw_locks use GCC atomic builtins 131129 1:33:35 InnoDB: Compressed tables use zlib 1.2.8 131129 1:33:35 InnoDB: Using Linux native AIO 131129 1:33:35 InnoDB: Initializing buffer pool, size = 128.0M 131129 1:33:35 InnoDB: Completed initialization of buffer pool 131129 1:33:35 InnoDB: highest supported file format is Barracuda. 131129 1:33:35 InnoDB: Waiting for the background threads to start 131129 1:33:36 Percona XtraDB (http://www.percona.com) 5.5.34-MariaDB-31.1 started; log sequence number 35722578764 131129 1:33:36 [Note] Plugin 'FEEDBACK' is disabled. 131129 1:33:36 [Note] Server socket created on IP: '0.0.0.0'. 131129 1:33:36 [Note] Event Scheduler: Loaded 0 events 131129 1:33:36 [Note] /usr/libexec/mysqld: ready for connections. Version: '5.5.34-MariaDB' socket: '/var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock' port: 3306 MariaDB Server 131129 1:33:37 [Note] /usr/libexec/mysqld: Normal shutdown 131129 1:33:37 [Note] Event Scheduler: Purging the queue. 0 events 131129 1:33:37 InnoDB: Starting shutdown... 131129 1:33:38 InnoDB: Shutdown completed; log sequence number 35722578764 131129 1:33:38 [Note] /usr/libexec/mysqld: Shutdown complete 131129 01:33:38 mysqld_safe mysqld from pid file /var/run/mariadb/mariadb.pid ended [root@localhost log]# mysqld_safe 131129 01:34:21 mysqld_safe Logging to '/var/log/mariadb/mariadb.log'. 131129 01:34:21 mysqld_safe Starting mysqld daemon with databases from /var/lib/mysql
Thanks for reporting. I don't see version of mariadb that is failing, but I suspect it will be mariadb-5.5.34-1.fc20, which is already reported as bug #1034790 and update https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/mariadb-5.5.34-2.fc20 should fix it. Thus, marking as duplicate. *** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 1034790 ***