Lenz Grimmer's blog (Entries tagged as hint)

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

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

Some new MySQL nuggets from blogs.sun.com and elsewhere

nospam@example.com (Lenz Grimmer) — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 11:56:38 +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.

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Embedding a MySQL Server in C/C++ or Java applications

nospam@example.com (Lenz Grimmer) — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 18:21:32 +0100

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

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

Mini-tutorial about using the spatial extensions in MySQL 5.0

nospam@example.com (Lenz Grimmer) — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 11:56:31 +0100

A hidden gem in the MySQL distribution: replace

nospam@example.com (Lenz Grimmer) — Sat, 19 Jan 2008 21:58:26 +0100

How to compile MySQL with the Falcon Storage Engine from the BitKeeper source tree

nospam@example.com (Lenz Grimmer) — Mon, 08 Jan 2007 18:01:00 +0100

How to recover accidentally deleted MySQL database files

nospam@example.com (Lenz Grimmer) — Thu, 30 Nov 2006 19:27:00 +0100

Hot-swapping the CD-ROM drive in my Thinkpad T42 UltraBay with SUSE Linux 10.1

nospam@example.com (Lenz Grimmer) — Mon, 20 Nov 2006 13:52:49 +0100

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