来源 http://askubuntu.com/questions/296946/upstart-cant-start-mysql
执行以下命令重装mysql即可
sudo touch /var/run/utmp
sudo chmod 664 /var/run/utmp
sudo reboot
sudo apt-get purge mysql-server
sudo apt-get purge mysql-common
sudo rm -rf /var/log/mysql
sudo rm -rf /var/log/mysql.*
sudo rm -rf /var/lib/mysql
sudo rm -rf /etc/mysql
sudo apt-get install mysql-server --fix-missing --fix-broken