No InnoDB support in Ubuntu server 11.10?

I installed an 11.10 server, but it seems to miss InnoDB support:

 

 mysql> SHOW VARIABLES LIKE 'have_innodb';
+---------------+-------+
| Variable_name | Value |
+---------------+-------+
| have_innodb   | NO    |
+---------------+-------+

 

Am I missing something?

* EDIT * After removing and reinstalling mysql-server, it magically came back!  so weird.

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apt-get install postgresql

i have install mysql-server-5.1 (version 5.1.58-1ubuntu1) and i have innodb support:

root@natty:/ # echo "SHOW VARIABLES LIKE 'have_innodb';" | mysql
Variable_name Value
have_innodb YES

It's not called xtradb or something like that? Mariadb and percona use this fork of innodb.

Shot in the dark, but as of MySQL 5.5, InnoDB is the default storage engine, so maybe that variable isn't present anymore?

...except from looking in the archives, Ubuntu still ships 5.1. Hmm.

Check your mysql error log. Innodb is really sensitive to misconfiguration. If something like your transaction log size doesnt match, it just wont load.