Could be interesting:

Code:
arthur@localhost:~$ sudo tail /var/log/syslog
May 28 01:13:24 localhost mysqld[13982]: 080528  1:13:24  InnoDB: Started; log sequence number 0 63353
May 28 01:13:24 localhost mysqld[13982]: 080528  1:13:24 [ERROR] Fatal error: Can't open and lock privilege tables: Incorrect file format 'user'
May 28 01:13:24 localhost mysqld_safe[13993]: ended
May 28 01:13:39 localhost /etc/init.d/mysql[14143]: 0 processes alive and '/usr/bin/mysqladmin --defaults-file=/etc/mysql/debian.cnf ping' resulted in
May 28 01:13:39 localhost /etc/init.d/mysql[14143]: ^G/usr/bin/mysqladmin: connect to server at 'localhost' failed
May 28 01:13:39 localhost /etc/init.d/mysql[14143]: error: 'Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket '/var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock' (2)'
May 28 01:13:39 localhost /etc/init.d/mysql[14143]: Check that mysqld is running and that the socket: '/var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock' exists!
May 28 01:13:39 localhost /etc/init.d/mysql[14143]: 
May 28 01:17:01 localhost /USR/SBIN/CRON[14202]: (root) CMD (   cd / && run-parts --report /etc/cron.hourly)
May 28 01:20:01 localhost /USR/SBIN/CRON[14256]: (www-data) CMD ([ -x /usr/lib/cgi-bin/awstats.pl -a -f /etc/awstats/awstats.conf -a -r /var/log/apache/access.log ] && /usr/lib/cgi-bin/awstats.pl -config=awstats -update >/dev/null)
arthur@localhost:~$