[Linux] Journal.

Here’s how to reset the forgotten root password for mysql,

$ sudo su
$ /etc/init.d/mysql stop
$ mysqld –skip-grant-tables
$ mysql -u root mysql
mysql>UPDATE user SET Password=PASSWORD(’newpwd’) WHERE User=’root’;
mysql> FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
mysql>quit
$ /etc/init.d/mysql start

Installation notes for movabletype 1.3rc1 using mysql.

Create new database and user priviledges for mt beta

$ mysqladmin create mtbeta
$ mysql -uroot mysql
$ grant all privileges on mtbeta.* to ‘movabletype’@'localhost’ identified by ‘password’ with grant option;
$ mysqladmin reload

Configure movabletype

…
CGIPath http://ibao.hopto.org/mt-beta/
…
#DataSource ./db
…
ObjectDriver DBI::mysql
Database mt-beta
DBUser movabletype
DBHost localhost
DBSocket /var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock
…

Place password in /var/www/mt-beta/mt-db-pass.cgi,

Set apache permission.

<Directory “/var/www/mt-beta”>
Options Indexes [...]

My wireless interface have many profiles, some profiles run as dhcp client while others run as dhcp server. This means I have to setup my dhcp server (I use dnsmasq) to listen on the interface when the profile that acts as dhcp server is brought up, and remove that interface when the profile is brought [...]

$ mplayer dvd://1 -dvd-device /path/to/dvd_files

Notes on compiling linux kernel 2.6.7 / 2.6.8 to support mts, wifi and bluetooth on a T41 running debian.

CUPS is a general replacement for lpd and the likes. If we want lpr to use CUPS printers we also need to install cupsys-bsd package.