Failed to start MariaDB 10.1.38 database server.

[stevenjwilliams83]

expedition@pan-expedition:~$ service mysql status

● mariadb.service - MariaDB 10.1.38 database server

   Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/mariadb.service; enabled; vendor preset: enabled)

  Drop-In: /etc/systemd/system/mariadb.service.d

           └─migrated-from-my.cnf-settings.conf

   Active: failed (Result: exit-code) since Thu 2019-04-18 17:46:00 CDT; 31min ago

     Docs: man:mysqld(8)

           https://mariadb.com/kb/en/library/systemd/

Main PID: 1544 (code=exited, status=1/FAILURE)

   Status: "MariaDB server is down"

Apr 18 17:45:58 pan-expedition mysqld[1544]: 2019-04-18 17:45:58 140143676705024 [Note] InnoDB:  Percona XtraDB (http://www.percona.com) 5.6.42-84

Apr 18 17:45:58 pan-expedition mysqld[1544]: 2019-04-18 17:45:58 140142706677504 [Note] InnoDB: Dumping buffer pool(s) not yet started

Apr 18 17:45:58 pan-expedition mysqld[1544]: 2019-04-18 17:45:58 140143676705024 [Note] Plugin 'FEEDBACK' is disabled.

Apr 18 17:45:58 pan-expedition mysqld[1544]: 2019-04-18 17:45:58 140143676705024 [Note] Recovering after a crash using tc.log

Apr 18 17:45:58 pan-expedition mysqld[1544]: 2019-04-18 17:45:58 140143676705024 [ERROR] Can't init tc log

Apr 18 17:45:58 pan-expedition mysqld[1544]: 2019-04-18 17:45:58 140143676705024 [ERROR] Aborting

Apr 18 17:46:00 pan-expedition systemd[1]: mariadb.service: Main process exited, code=exited, status=1/FAILURE

Apr 18 17:46:00 pan-expedition systemd[1]: Failed to start MariaDB 10.1.38 database server.

Apr 18 17:46:00 pan-expedition systemd[1]: mariadb.service: Unit entered failed state.

Apr 18 17:46:00 pan-expedition systemd[1]: mariadb.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'.

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Whats going on here? I have rebooted many times, I am on the latest beta. 

[stevenjwilliams83]

So the issue was the tc log. So after I found that on a general Linux site, it started working. Thanks for the follow up.