mysql on Slackware

25, Jul, 2009

I am far from any sort of mysql expert. I know just barely enough to make myself dangerous. Take heed on what your about to read, and double check everything!

To setup mysql on Slackware, read /etc/rc.d/rc.mysql. Tells you everything you need to know.

Install the initial database for mysql as root

mysql_install_db --user=mysql

Then start mysql

rc.mysqld start

Create a password where {password} is the password you want to create.

mysqladmin -uroot password {password}

Login to mysql and create the MythTV database. I’ve followed MythTV’s instructions before, and copied their sample database over. The following works just as well.
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MythTV is truly Mythical

20, Jul, 2009

It’s been a long and cumbersome road, but our MythTV backend is now fully functional. This was no real fault to MythTV. As with anything new, there’s always a learning curve. One thing MythTV is not shy about it is the shear number of configuration possibilities. If I had to fault MythTV on one thing, it’s on a not so impressive configuration GUI. Give me a TEXT (not XML) file to edit, and I’m happy.

The amount of time it took, is purely my fault. With so many options and configurations, I just had to try most of them out. RAID or no RAID, LVM? What pretty much made that choice for me was MythTV’s use of Storage Groups. Thinking ahead in the short term about how many frontends I would possibly connect, and a little math, told me I really did not need the speed benefit of RAID. Standard ATA/100 drives would more than accomplish recording one stream and feeding to 2 clients at the same time with ease. Storage Groups negate the need for LVM. Running out of space? Plug in a disk, and add it to the Storage Group.
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Slackware64 Official

20, May, 2009

They’ve done it!

[tap tap tap]… Is this thing on? ;-)

Ready or not, Slackware has now gone 64-bit with an official x86_64 port being maintained in-sync with the regular x86 -current branch. DVDs will be available for purchase from the Slackware store when Slackware 13.0 is released. Many thanks go out to the Slackware team for their help with this branch and a special thank you to Eric Hameleers who did the real heavy lifting re-compiling everything for this architecture, testing, re-testing, and staying in-sync with -current.

We’ve been developing and testing Slackware64 for quite a while. Most of the team is already using Slackware64 on their personal machines, and things are working well enough that it is time to let the community check our work.

We’d like to thank the unofficial 64 bit projects for taking up the slack for us for so long so that we could take our time getting everything just right. Without those alternatives, we would have been pressured to get things out before they were really ready.

As always — have fun!

Pat and the Slackware crew

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My Slackware Tee Shirt

12, Nov, 2008

Yesterday I was sitting at the table having my afternoon Java (Eight O’clock makes the best coffee!!), when the postman arrived at the front door holding a package. Quite strange as I wasn’t expecting anything. It was addressed to me, so of coursed I started to open it. As soon as I began to tear open my package, The Boss (my girlfriend) comes running around the corner cussing. She was after my package, and in a hurry too!! This just made me even more curious as to what was inside.
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KDE 4.1.1 hits Slackware -current

2, Oct, 2008

I’ve never been a huge fan of KDE. Wasn’t my thing. It’s not just KDE, it’s anything with the QT 3.x tool kit. Personally I’ve always used one of the GTK desktop environments like Xfce and Gnome, and sometimes Fluxbox. With KDE’s move to the QT 4 series, and doing some serious platform changes, I have to say - I like what I’m seeing.
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