There is no variables like memory_limit in MySQL my.cnf file – therefore you can’t explicitly set the memory limit for MySQL. You have to configure your my.cnf file based on a combination of variables. These then multiple together to form the MySQL memory limit. I hope this help someone.
I’ve been reading up a little about Google’s search rankings. Everyone says that Google rewards sites which are responsive. I thought that I would test this out by changing my site over to a responsive design. I’ll update the blog with the results.
We have a server running apt-cacher to help cache Ubuntu repositories. However, after about 2 years of usage the disk on the server has filled up. I discovered this after trying to update my Ubuntu desktop and got the following error: Here is how to clear the apt-cache cache.
I just tried to install the htpasswd command and got the following error: Unable to locate package htpasswd. Turns out you need apache2-utils: <code>sudo apt-get install apache2-utils</code>
There isn’t a graphical tool to redetect keyboards in Ubuntu and you have use the command line:
I wanted to clear my Apple Map search history because it was auto-completing the wrong things. However, it isn’t very obvious how to clear your Apple Map search history. Here is how I cleared it: 1 – Open the Apple Maps app. 2 – Click into the search bar at the top. 3 – Click … Read more
I just read this awesome comparison of PostgreSQL vs MS SQL.
Apple Mac OS X is a brilliant OS but unfortunately it’s missing a good image viewer. In comparison, Windows has Preview and Ubuntu has the Gnome Image Viewer both of which are great. I did some research and the image browser i found was Lyn Image Browser. I like it so much… I thought I … Read more
Sometimes it can be really useful to give a user privileges to run a specific command as root. For example – if you wanted to allow a user to restart a specific service or run a specific program as root without given them access to the whole server. You can configure this using visudo command … Read more