Problem With Starting MySQL on boot

[Si2006]

Hi why is mysql not starting on boot?

I try..


update-rc.d -f mysql remove
Removing any system startup links for /etc/init.d/mysql ...
/etc/rc0.d/K20mysql
/etc/rc1.d/K20mysql
/etc/rc2.d/S20mysql
/etc/rc3.d/S20mysql
/etc/rc4.d/S20mysql
/etc/rc5.d/S20mysql
/etc/rc6.d/K20mysql

update-rc.d mysql defaults
update-rc.d: warning: /etc/init.d/mysql missing LSB information
update-rc.d: see <http://wiki.debian.org/LSBInitScripts>
Adding system startup for /etc/init.d/mysql ...
/etc/rc0.d/K20mysql -> ../init.d/mysql
/etc/rc1.d/K20mysql -> ../init.d/mysql
/etc/rc6.d/K20mysql -> ../init.d/mysql
/etc/rc2.d/S20mysql -> ../init.d/mysql
/etc/rc3.d/S20mysql -> ../init.d/mysql
/etc/rc4.d/S20mysql -> ../init.d/mysql
/etc/rc5.d/S20mysql -> ../init.d/mysql


reboot

netstat -an | grep mysqld
nothing.....

I guess it goes with the above warning about missing LSB information when trying make links, is there a work around?, i tried adding to mysql to rc.local but made no change either, other than that mysql functions fine but i have to manually input 'service mysql start' each time.

Thanks

[shadowzero]

Couple of things: check the system logs, if it tried to start, there should be error messages if it failed. Second, this conversation thread might help, see post 6: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1313898