Mysql vil ikke starte

Hej Eksperter,

Jeg har lige installeret mysql med "apt-get install mysql-server". Men når jeg vil starte mysql siger den følgende:
VMAN06:/# etc/init.d/mysql start
Starting MySQL database server: mysqld...failed.
        Please take a look at the syslog.
/usr/bin/mysqladmin: connect to server at 'localhost' failed
error: 'Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket '/var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock' (2)'
Check that mysqld is running and that the socket: '/var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock' exists!


Her hvad der står i min var/log/syslog:
Aug 22 12:47:57 localhost mysqld_safe[2391]: started
Aug 22 12:47:57 localhost mysqld[2395]: 050822 12:47:57 /usr/sbin/mysqld: unknown variable 'old_passwords=1'
Aug 22 12:47:57 localhost mysqld[2395]:
Aug 22 12:47:57 localhost mysqld_safe[2397]: ended
Aug 22 12:48:04 localhost /etc/init.d/mysql[2460]: 0 processes alive and '/usr/bin/mysqladmin --defaults-file=/etc/mysql/debian.cnf ping' resulted in
Aug 22 12:48:04 localhost /etc/init.d/mysql[2460]: ^G/usr/bin/mysqladmin: connect to server at 'localhost' failed
Aug 22 12:48:04 localhost /etc/init.d/mysql[2460]: error: 'Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket '/var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock' (2)'
Aug 22 12:48:04 localhost /etc/init.d/mysql[2460]: Check that mysqld is running and that the socket: '/var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock' exists!
Aug 22 12:48:04 localhost /etc/init.d/mysql[2460]:



Hjælp! - hvad skal jeg gøre?

Tillægsspørgsmål: hvorfor vil den installere "Exim" når jeg forsøger at installere mysql-server-pakken?