Since Ubuntu 8.04 aka Hardy Heron, I've had issues
with every new release. As Ubuntu evolves into being a viable
desktop OS alternative, its complexity has been growing and with
the new and improved looks new challenges arise. This bug in
particular has been very difficult to diagnose and I can't
imagine anyone without enough Linux experience to overcome it on
their own, so I decided to summarize the steps I took to fix it
... and vent my frustration at the end.
The SymptomI came across the issue for the first time while
trying Ubuntu's Karmic Netbook remix. After overcoming the
typical Broadcom wifi driver, Network Manager would
connect, but Firefox would fail to load the web pages 90%
of the time. Using ping in the command line worked just
fine. Maybe I needed to update the software packages to get the
latest patches, surprise, apt-get was having similar
problems and timing out. So the problem …
You can now yum (RPM) or apt-get (DEB) MariaDB 5.1.39, courtesy of OurDelta and in close cooperation with Monty Program Ab. Simply follow the info on the CentOS, Debian or Ubuntu pages.
(note: give the mirrors some hours to sync up)
Quick overview
- See the Release Notes for relevant bugfixes.
- Drop-in replacement for stock MySQL 5.0 or 5.1 (If you’re coming from stock MySQL, see the MariaDB extras/differences overview). …
MySQL 5.0.87-d10 OurDelta builds are now available (32 and 64-bit):
- Debian: Etch (4), Lenny (5)
- Ubuntu: Hardy (8.04), Intrepid (8.10), Jaunty (9.04), Karmic (9.10)
- RHEL/CentOS: 4, 5
- Binary tarballs: generic Linux, built on Ubuntu Hardy
Apart from the 5.0.87 upstream fixes there were a few minor fixes in the build environment, and one updated Percona patch. The -sail builds now include the OQGRAPH engine. Source packages are with the respective distro repos, and there are …
[Read more]You can now apt-get your way to MariaDB 5.1, courtesy of OurDelta and in close cooperation with Monty Program Ab. To get started, simple follow the info on the Debian and Ubuntu pages.
Quick overview
- For MariaDB we use different repository directories to ensure that you can’t accidentally upgrade or revert major versions without you explicitly choosing to do so.
- At this point we have Ubuntu Hardy, Intrepid, Jaunty and Karmic for you, as well as Debian 4 (Lenny). Etch (Debian 4) is waiting on a small fix (thanks to Antony Curtis for helping with that).
- The package names start with mariadb*, except …