[WORKAROUND] Проблемы с mysql

Где-то месяц назад перестал работать mysql (хотя наверное раньше он просто не использовался).
Первый старт демона проходит, дальше - ошибки. Где посмотреть логи не знаю.

# /etc/init.d/mysql restart
 * Starting  ...
 * Starting  (/etc/mysql/my.cnf)                                                                                [ ok ]
# /etc/init.d/mysql restart
 * Stopping  ...
 * Stopping mysqld (0)                                                                                          [ ok ]
 * Starting  ...
 * Starting  (/etc/mysql/my.cnf)
 * MySQL NOT started (0)                                                                                        [ !! ]
 * ERROR: mysql failed to start
#

Akonadi из последнего RC кде4.4 не может запуститьтся:

InnoDB: The InnoDB memory heap is disabled
InnoDB: use atomic builtins.
InnoDB: No valid checkpoint found.
InnoDB: If this error appears when you are creating an InnoDB database,
InnoDB: the problem may be that during an earlier attempt you managed
InnoDB: to create the InnoDB data files, but log file creation failed.
InnoDB: If that is the case, please refer to
InnoDB: http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.0/en/error-creating-innodb.html
100123 17:37:05 [ERROR] Default storage engine (InnoDB) is not available
100123 17:37:05 [ERROR] Aborting

100123 17:37:05 [Note] /usr/sbin/mysqld: Shutdown complete

Дальше пытаюсь куда-нибудь потыкать.

# rm -rf /var/lib/mysql/*
# emerge --config mysql
Configuring pkg...

 * Creating the mysql database and setting proper
 * permissions on it ...
 * Insert a password for the mysql 'root' user
 * Avoid ["'\_%] characters in the password
    >
 * Retype the password
    >
.100123 17:40:55 [Warning] option 'max_join_size': unsigned value 18446744073709551615 adjusted to 4294967295
100123 17:40:55 [Warning] option 'max_join_size': unsigned value 18446744073709551615 adjusted to 4294967295
 * Loading "zoneinfo", this step may require a few seconds ...
Enter password:
 * Stopping the server ...
 * Done

Запускаю демон:

# /etc/init.d/mysql start
 * Starting  ...
 * Starting  (/etc/mysql/my.cnf)                                                                                [ ok ]

При перезапуске - см. начало сообщения. ERROR: mysql failed to start.