Big problem with mysql...

[Disku]

After runing this commands:

apt-get remove --purge proftpd

apt-get install -f

# dpkg --configure -a
# apt-get dist-upgrade

# apt-get clean
# apt-get install proftpd

apt-get install --reinstall proftpd

my mysql server stopped to respond and i cant get it running and when im trying to reinstall with apt command i get this

apt-get install --reinstall mysql-server
Reading Package Lists... Done
Building Dependency Tree... Done
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  mysql-server
0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 0B/3646kB of archives.
After unpacking 8544kB of additional disk space will be used.
Preconfiguring packages ...
Can't exec "/tmp/mysql-server.config.33031": Permission denied at /usr/lib/perl5/5.8.7/IPC/Open3.pm line 244.
open2: exec of /tmp/mysql-server.config.33031 configure  failed at /usr/share/perl5/Debconf/ConfModule.pm line 44
mysql-server failed to preconfigure, with exit status 9
Selecting previously deselected package mysql-server.
(Reading database ... 39517 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking mysql-server (from .../mysql-server_4.0.24-10sarge2_i386.deb) ...
Setting up mysql-server (4.0.24-10sarge2) ...
Stopping MySQL database server: mysqld.
Starting MySQL database server: mysqld...failed.
        Please take a look at the syslog.
/usr/bin/mysqladmin: connect to server at 'localhost' failed
error: 'Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket '/var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock' (2)'
Check that mysqld is running and that the socket: '/var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock' exists!

please help me

[iwanabeguru]

what say the syslog?