MySQL 5.7.12 refusing to run due to innodb_system data file ‘/var/db/mysql/ibdata1’ being too small
One of my MySQL 5.7.12 instances refused to start after upgrading to FreeBSD’s MySQL port version 5.7.12_1, claiming: 2016-05-18T11:03:26.688719Z 0 [ERROR] InnoDB: The Auto-extending innodb_system data file ‘/var/db/mysql/ibdata1’ is of a different size 4864 pages (rounded down to MB) than specified in the .cnf file: initial 8192 pages, max 0 (relevant if non-zero) pages! “Googling” […]
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I too was bitten by the portupgrade uninstall error, due to broken pipes, on my laptop running FreeBSD/amd64 stable/10. Others have identified the file 5.26 utility as the culprit, introduced in stable/10 as r298920. Watch PR 209211 for any progress. base/head was corrected at r299234, and stable/10 will follow soon.
Read More → portupgrade uninstall error, broken pipeMemory leaks in recent stable/10 kernel
All FreeBSD systems under my care got upgraded last Friday to fix some NTP bugs. That upgrade introduced a new bug in the kernel. The bug first appeared at r298004 in base/head, and later at r298134 in base/stable/10. The i386-based systems were more notably affected than the amd64-based systems, as the former typically has less […]
Read More → Memory leaks in recent stable/10 kernelMore fraud at the expense of the U.N. and the U.S. Department of the Treasure
I received a cute email today. It has the usual traits of bad spelling, incorrect information, and other amusements. I wonder if the ID badge is genuine, but I doubt the name matches the pictured individual. Received: from h1.flipio.ro (unknown [128.140.228.99]) by [WITHHELD] (Postfix) with ESMTP id B85CF94065; Tue, 3 May 2016 04:16:57 +0200 (CEST) […]
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Brandon J. Wandersee’s recent post on the FreeBSD Questions mailling list pointed me to Matthew Fuller‘s BSD vs Linux. Enjoy! You should replace every mention of “CVS”, “CVSup”, and “pkg_*” with “Subversion” (SVN), “SVNup”, and “pkg *”, respectively. I.e., the command pkg_add becomes the command pkg add (with no underscore), etc.
Read More → BSD vs LinuxKBDMUX_DFLT_KEYMAP is available for base/head and base/stable/10
Finally, KBDMUX_DFLT_KEYMAP is available for those of us using keyboard layouts different from the US/UK keyboard layout. This is very handy when running in single-user mode.
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AFRINIC with only two years to go
According to Geoff Huston‘s automated predictions, today is the day where AFRINIC has only two years left before they run out of IPv4 addresses. As time progresses, AFRINIC might hit their Z day sooner. AFRINIC has a webpage of their own on the IPv4 exhaustion within AFRINIC.
Read More → AFRINIC with only two years to goHidden properties in ZFS
I learned ZFS hides certain filesystem and pool properties from normal view. You need to know their names and specify them explicitly to get their values. Use the option -p to get the raw value of the filesystem properties. E.g. zfs get -p createtxg.
Read More → Hidden properties in ZFSTexinfo manuals on A4 paper
Add these three commands in the appropriate .texi file after @end titlepage. The first command selects A4 paper with better margins than the @afourpaper command. The second command turns on page headers suitable for two-sided printing (duplex printing). The third command starts the next chapter on an odd page number.
Read More → Texinfo manuals on A4 paperReplacing drives on AMANDA server
I spent some days last week converting our 32-bit AMANDA server to a 64-bit counterpart using spare but aged hardware. The former AMANDA server ran on very aged hardware in comparison. Going 64-bit also ment turning to ZFS-based storage. Today, I replaced the two 320 GB first generation SATA drives with two 1 TB third […]
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