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pkill kills processes by name, the -9 sends a SIGKILL signal which will force it to immediately quit.
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pkill kills processes by name, the -9 sends a SIGKILL signal which will force it to immediately quit.

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Why do I have a feeling that data may be lost when killing mysqld?
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Why do I have a feeling that data may be lost when killing mysqld?

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I used the following solution:<br />
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killall -w mysqld <br />
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The database closed and therefore I was able to upgrade it. But I still have a feeling that it was unsafe...
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I used the following solution:

killall -w mysqld

The database closed and therefore I was able to upgrade it. But I still have a feeling that it was unsafe...

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Hi,<br />
<br />
The question is very simple.<br />
I would like to upgrade my Mysql.<br />
But the aptitude program failed to stop Mysqld saying:<br />
<br />
&lt;quote&gt;<br />
Stopping MySQL database server: mysqld failed!<br />
invoke-rc.d: initscript mysql, action &quot;stop&quot; failed.<br />
invoke-rc.d returned 1<br />
There is a MySQL server running, but we failed in our attempts to stop it.<br />
Stop it yourself and try again!<br />
&lt;/quote&gt;<br />
<br />
What do I do in order to stop the Mysql database?<br />
<br />
The following also fails:<br />
<br />
# /etc/init.d/mysql stop<br />
Stopping MySQL database server: mysqld failed!<br />
<br />
Anyone? Any ideas? :)<br />
<br />
Best regards,<br />
Terrible Johnny
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Hi,

The question is very simple.
I would like to upgrade my Mysql.
But the aptitude program failed to stop Mysqld saying:

<quote>
Stopping MySQL database server: mysqld failed!
invoke-rc.d: initscript mysql, action "stop" failed.
invoke-rc.d returned 1
There is a MySQL server running, but we failed in our attempts to stop it.
Stop it yourself and try again!
</quote>

What do I do in order to stop the Mysql database?

The following also fails:

# /etc/init.d/mysql stop
Stopping MySQL database server: mysqld failed!

Anyone? Any ideas? :)

Best regards,
Terrible Johnny

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