I'm running Ubuntu 14.04 and Nginx, and I recently installed mysql-server while following Digital Ocean's LEMP stack setup guide (I intend to run a WordPress site with it).
When I try to log into an interactive session using mysql -u root -p pass, something strange happens. Instead of being greeted with the standard login text (e.g. Welcome to the MySQL monitor. Commands end with ; or \g.), I get a prompt that looks like the following:
user@localhost ~ $ mysql -u root -p password
> CREATE DATABASE wordpress; // no login feedback, no creation feedback
> exit; // does not exit
> ^C // Ctrl+C panic button
user@localhost ~ $
There's no stdout or feedback at all, and I can't seem to get the login to work. I've tried using apt-get autoremove mysql-server and apt-get purge mysql-server, but was greeted with the same problem after reinstalling. I also get the same error when running as root.