Comment 8 for bug 627723

I'm encountering a similar enough problem that I think it is the same. Fresh Ubuntu 10.04 server, installing mysql-server-5.1_5.1.41-3ubuntu12_amd64.deb (and dependencies) from official repos, the install seemed to work but mysql doesn't start. 'start mysql' just shows "start: Job failed to start"

On the other hand, `sudo -umysql /usr/sbin/mysqld` starts it with no errors. How can I better troubleshoot the service's issues?