Issues while starting mysql server

I have installed mysql server again in my local machine and I was trying to start the same using /etc/init.d/mysqld start and I was getting error saying "Timeout" and when I looked into /var/log/mysqld.log, it is giving error as the db is corrupted or not shutdown properly previously. And after doing some other fixes, I was getting "Can't open and lock privilege tables: Table 'mysql.host' doesn't exist" So to resolve this, I have removed the datadir altogether and have executed below commands:

/usr/bin/mysql_install_db --user=mysql --ldata=/new-data-location
and once that is succeeded, I tried to start with
mysqld_safe --datadir=/new-data-location --user=mysql &
and I got below error saying it couldn't create .pid file in /new-data-location/mysqld. So, I had to manually create mysqld directory in new-data-location and change ownership to mysql and re executed above command and everything went fine.

Now, I changed the root password using the secure installation script(mysql_secure_installation) available in bin folder and everything is fine now.

Refreshing all IMAP folders in Thunderbird

Continuing my work towards configuring my desktop for checking mails, I was irritated with thunderbird configuration as it wasn't refreshing all folders and I had to manually click on each folder for new mail. So, I was wondering what to do and then I remembered what my husband said which I effectively use in my day-to-day work. He said below quote.

"Remember, when you are facing a problem, don't think you are the only one and there are many who might have faced this earlier. So, before rushing to solve the problem, try to search over the net if there is a solution already. No need to reinvent the wheel"

There I go again, I searched and got below solution for refreshing all folders in Thunderbird.

Go to Edit ->Preferences -> Advanced -> Config Editor and toggle the following parameter available in the list.
"mail.check_all_imap_folders_for_new" which toggles value from false to true and you are done. Now, I don't need to refresh each folder separately.

Reference for above solution:
http://alexlurthu.wordpress.com/2007/07/22/thunderbird-config-to-refresh-all-imap-folders/

The only Active President of India so far

None other than great Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam ji. Though, President don't have much power to do, he was not wasting government money for useless travels and was inspiring young generation where ever he went to give a talk/chat with people. I remember the discussions that were happening while electing the next President when Dr APJ Abdul Kalam and other lady (don't remember her name) were contending for it. Now, I feel what would have happened if the lady was selected, we would have missed such a great president.

Just now heard that our current President of India,Prathibha Patil, brought her 3 dozen relatives along with her while travelling to some other place. We, the poor tax payers continue to pay taxes to let the politicians enjoy with our money. :-)

To start mplayer in shuffle and repeat mode

mplayer -shuffle -loop 0

Plugin for reading telugu news paper in mozilla firefox in linux

With changes in my cab routes and so change in my daily scheduled walk to catch cab, I was getting backpain (I rush in the last minute to catch the cab, so you can imagine how fast I need to walk) due to the heavy weight on my back on the name of "Laptop". So, I decided to configure my desktop for everything that I would need laptop for. Only thing that left was to read telugu news paper (yeah. I am addicted to "Eenadu" since my childhood when I was in 2nd or 3rd Std). So, I came across this plug in which would install the dynamic fonts needed for these news papers. Reference: http://www.adminbytes.com/2008/08/reading-malayalam-newspapers-using.html

Installing Maven in fc9 and maven plugin for eclipse

for maven plugin - install the below plugin
http://www.eclipse.org/iam/
and the respective installation instructions are available at http://code.google.com/p/q4e/wiki/Installation
and once it is installed successfully, select maven by right clicking the project and then build is done using maven rather ant.


And, for installing maven in fc9, yum is showing maven2.0.4 which is old and doesn't work with latest maven pom.xml. So, in order to install latest version of maven, get the latest version from apache site http://maven.apache.org/download.html and download it. Once downloaded, specify the bin path in your PATH variable. Reference: http://beans.seartipy.com/page/2/

Ilayaraja rocks

We watched "Paa" in Solapur. It was nice as it was unexpected. We reached Solapur early and there was nothing to do as there was a gap of 5 hours for the train which we have to take. So, we planned to go for some movie and we found this theater where there were three options

1. De dana dan
2. Radio
3. Paa

And, we had this impression that Paa would be senti but we thought, that's ok. I don't want to go for Radio for sure.

But, Paa is not senti. And, Amitabh rocks as a child actor and Ilayaraja music rocks like anything. Vidya Balan looked much better than in Parineeta. Overall, I loved this movie and recommend to watch. :)