Lenz Grimmer's blog (Entries tagged as configuration)

Updating the BIOS on my ThinkPad T440 without Windows or a DVD-Drive

nospam@example.com (Lenz Grimmer) — Wed, 04 Jun 2014 14:18:22 +0200

Building MySQL Server with CMake on Linux/Unix

nospam@example.com (Lenz Grimmer) — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 12:49:26 +0100

Concluded my first MySQL University Session about MySQL backups using file system snapshots - some questions remained unanswered...

nospam@example.com (Lenz Grimmer) — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 17:46:07 +0100

Using a serial mouse via USB on OpenSolaris

nospam@example.com (Lenz Grimmer) — Sat, 15 Nov 2008 18:09:09 +0100

Reviving my old Logitech TrackMan Marble FX

nospam@example.com (Lenz Grimmer) — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 12:34:24 +0100

Why is MSNBot ignoring robots.txt?

nospam@example.com (Lenz Grimmer) — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 23:08:24 +0200

Running Drupal 6 on MySQL 6 using the Falcon Storage Engine

nospam@example.com (Lenz Grimmer) — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 17:22:31 +0200

This article describes how to install the Drupal 6.2 CMS on MySQL 6.0, using the Falcon Storage Engine. The operating system is a default Ubuntu 8.04 "Hardy Heron" (x86) installation.

I will make a few assumptions here, in order to keep the instructions simple: a fresh OS install, no other MySQL databases or web services are running or have already been installed. Both MySQL and the web server are installed on the same host. You should be able to become root to install packages and to have access to the local file system and the system configuration.

This article will explain how to install and configure Apache/PHP, MySQL 6.0 and Drupal 6.2.

Continue reading "Running Drupal 6 on MySQL 6 using the Falcon Storage Engine"

Linux tip: Automatically rotate/archive your fetchmail/procmail log files

nospam@example.com (Lenz Grimmer) — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 14:05:50 +0100

To start or not start the MySQL server during the RPM installation?

nospam@example.com (Lenz Grimmer) — Fri, 16 Mar 2007 12:49:55 +0100

SUSE Linux 10.1 "vorkon" - SUSE Linux as it's supposed to be?

nospam@example.com (Lenz Grimmer) — Fri, 21 Jul 2006 23:45:09 +0200

Using a DVB-T USB stick on SUSE Linux 10.0

nospam@example.com (Lenz Grimmer) — Wed, 22 Mar 2006 15:38:27 +0100

OpenOffice.org presentation hint: one bullet at a time

nospam@example.com (Lenz Grimmer) — Fri, 10 Mar 2006 13:02:16 +0100

Enabling and using the MySQL Instance Manager (IM)

nospam@example.com (Lenz Grimmer) — Fri, 03 Mar 2006 18:47:52 +0100