# Percona server fails to restart/stop

**URL:** https://forums.percona.com/t/percona-server-fails-to-restart-stop/3150
**Category:** Other MySQL® Questions
**Created:** [December 14, 2013, 9:29am UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/percona-server-fails-to-restart-stop/3150 "2013-12-14T09:29:30Z")
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### Author: ![mirfan](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forums.percona.com/mirfan/32/16890_2.png) [@mirfan](https://forums.percona.com/u/mirfan)
#### Post date: [December 17, 2013, 10:27pm UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/percona-server-fails-to-restart-stop/3150/2 "2013-12-17T22:27:32Z")

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How did you install it ? e.g. RPM, source ? If you are using on debian/ubuntu check in syslog too for any recorded errors. Also verify mysql error log file by following and check it too.

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> mysql\> show variables like ‘%error%’;

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