mysql won't start after upgrade

[Tormente]

--- pasted from terminal:

hosting:/etc/mysql# /etc/init.d/psa start
Starting xinetd service... done
Starting bind9 service... done
Starting mysql service... failed
Starting qmail service... done
Starting courier-imap service... done
Starting postgresql service... not installed
Starting psa-spamassassin service... done
ERROR 2002 (HY000): Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket '/var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock' (2)
websrvmng: Unable to connect to Plesk Database: Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket '/var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock' (2)
System error 2: No such file or directory
websrvmng: Unable to connect to Plesk Database: Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket '/var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock' (2)
System error 2: No such file or directory
websrvmng: Unable to connect to the mysql database

System error 2: No such file or directory
websrvmng: Unable to connect to the mysql database

System error 2: No such file or directory
ERROR 2002 (HY000): Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket '/var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock' (2)
Starting Plesk... done
ERROR 2002 (HY000): Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket '/var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock' (2)
hosting:/etc/mysql#

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there is nothing in /var/run/mysqld/

any ideas? server is comlpletly down. no web, no control panel, no mail.

 

[Tormente]

saw this in the server logs as I was trying to start mysql.

==> /var/log/syslog <==
Aug 13 14:17:11 hosting /etc/init.d/mysql[21570]: 0 processes alive and '/usr/bin/mysqladmin --defaults-file=/etc/mysql/debian.cnf ping' resulted in
Aug 13 14:17:11 hosting /etc/init.d/mysql[21570]: ^G/usr/bin/mysqladmin: connect to server at 'localhost' failed
Aug 13 14:17:11 hosting /etc/init.d/mysql[21570]: error: 'Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket '/var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock' (2)'
Aug 13 14:17:11 hosting /etc/init.d/mysql[21570]: Check that mysqld is running and that the socket: '/var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock' exists!
Aug 13 14:17:11 hosting /etc/init.d/mysql[21570]:

 

[Tormente]

Solved!

Apparently psa-firewall and psa-security (?) where causing a dependency conflict, so I removed psa-firewall. everything seems to be ok now - other than the fact that I have no firewall module.