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CPanel Problem Upgrading MySQL 5

Several months ago I had problem on upgrading CPanel’s MySQL 4.1 to MySQL 5. The problem was occurred on Centos 5 OpenVZ based VPS. Since someone contact me at WebHostingTalk forum asking about the same problem so I decided to re-try again the steps to fix the problem. Hence I post it here too, for future and general purposes

ok, do this at your own risk backup your mysql data first!

the steps i do:

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Xen VPS “4gb seg fix up” Problem

It’s a known issues on Xen based Virtual Private Server (VPS) that often it shows “4gb seg fix up” error messages. After a few search I found this command to fix it.

Run the commands below on DomU

First try disabling tls by renaming it to tls.disabled:

mv /lib/tls /lib/tls.disabled

If this doesn’t work then try this command:

echo 'hwcap 0 nosegneg' > /etc/ld.so.conf.d/libc6-xen.conf && ldconfig

after that you’ll need to restart the VPS

Checking Your Linux Centos Version

To check your Linux Centos version, just type:

cat /etc/redhat-release

it will show you the information like this:

CentOS release 5 (Final)

Trying Firefox 3 Beta 4 without Installing It

I’m sure that all of Firefox fans are so eager to try the new beta 4 of Firefox 3. As it is still in beta version so it is not ready for daily browsing use. Other reason that you shouldn’t use it (yet) for daily use are a lot of themes, plug-ins and extensions of Firefox 2 will not compatible with Firefox 3 beta 4.

But I’m sure that your curiosity is getting high, right? Then you can try Firefox 3 Beta 4 Portable from PortableApps.com. The benefit of using the portable version is you don’t need to install it, you just run the auto extract package file to a directory, then click on the Firefox executable files and Firefox 3 beta 4 will run. Another good thing is, it will not interfere your existing Firefox 2 profiles.

Download Firefox 3 beta 4 portable here.

Richest Man on Earth

You may be thinking that Bill Gates the co-founder of Microsoft is the richest man in the world, not anymore. I read article on Forbes.com today and on that article, it said that Bill Gates is no longer the world’s richest man.

The title now goes to well known investor: Warren Buffett. With estimated $62 billion of wealth (up $10 billion from last year), Warren Buffett now tackle Bill Gates who was the richest man for consecutive 13 years!

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Firefox 3 Beta 4 Released

Yesterday Mozilla released new beta version of Firefox 3, the beta 4. On this new beta version, Mozilla developers include more than 900 enhancements from the previous beta 3, add performance boost, increase the stability and improve the user interface.

Firefox 3 is based on the Gecko 1.9 Web rendering platform, which on the release note web page said that it has been developed since the last 31 months. Within 31 months, Mozilla developers already made 12.000 updates, re-architecting and simplifying the codes.

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Microsoft Release IE 8 Beta

Look like Microsoft doesn’t want to lose the browser competition with Mozilla’s Firefox. After the entire buzz about the new release of Firefox 3 beta 3, Microsoft soon releases its Internet Explorer 8 Beta. Users and web developers seem give Microsoft a great push to release the new browser sooner. Further more everybody expect that the new release will comply with the web standard, ex. Acid browser test.

From Microsoft’s website, Internet Explorer 8 Beta will have these new features:
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HalfDedi Web Hosting Launched

Today I start promoting my new website http://www.halfdedi.com a web hosting provider targeted for international customer. I have been providing web hosting since 2003 using name RevTI.com with Indonesian as my customer base.

Since Paypal now accept Indonesian merchant, further more Paypal allow Indonesian account to be withdrawn directly to Indonesian bank account. That is good news for me and other e-ntrepreneurs, we now can spread our business to target international customer base.

As I want to share the happiness on HalfDedi opening, I’ll give you – my blog readers and friends – a 15% discount on all HalfDedi’s shared hosting account! Use this coupon when you signup: MHBLOG