Download the new script now and see how your server compares to the ones in the central database!


(global-font-lock-mode 1)
(custom-set-variables
'(gud-gdb-command-name "gdb --annotate=1")
'(large-file-warning-threshold nil))
(custom-set-faces
'(font-lock-comment-face ((((class color) (background light)) (:foreground "red" :slant italic)))))



(global-font-lock-mode 1)
(custom-set-variables
'(gud-gdb-command-name "gdb --annotate=1")
'(large-file-warning-threshold nil))
(custom-set-faces
'(font-lock-comment-face ((((class color) (background light)) (:foreground "red" :slant italic)))))


Keep the following saying in mind, which especially holds true in the Open Source world: "You never get a second chance to make a first impression!". While the most important thing is of course to have a compelling and useful product, this blog post is an attempt to highlight some other aspects about community building and providing the adequate infrastructure. This insight is based on my own experiences and my observations from talking with many people involved in OSS startups and projects.

1. mysql-5.4.2-beta-osx10.5-powerpc-64bit.pkg
2. MySQLStartupItem.pkg
3. MySQL.prefPane

CNF File Settings

Here are some interesting settings that you may want to be aware of with 5.4 and OSX

• Do not set innodb_flush_method=fdatasync – it’s not a valid option, and the default after install is actually blank.
• Do not set “nice = value” in the [mysqld_safe] section as this is not recognized and give the error ‘nice: illegal option — -‘
• Set the variable lower_case_table_names=2 because the HFS+ file system is case insensitive – isn’t that special.
• The variable ‘log_slow_queries’ will work but you should use ’slow_query_log’ or ’slow_query_log_file’ instead since it’s getting removed in *gasp* MySQL 7.0 so we do have a bit of time before that becomes something to be concerned about but you will see it in the error log if you don’t correct it now.

Preference Pane service controller

In order to get the Preference Pane controller to work (if you are getting the following error in /var/log/system.log – “Could not setup Mach task special port 9: (os/kern) no access”) you need to correct the permissions for the installation directory as such
(root@g5)-(/usr/local)-
shell> chown -R _mysql:wheel /usr/local/mysql*

This will still generate the ‘(os/kern) no access‘ message in the system.log but the server will be started/stopped by the pane controller and that’s what we really care about. There may be some more notes along the way as I’m going to be testing 5.4 quite a bit for various application related matters.

I have marked the applications which cost money with a green dollar symbol ($) and hyperlinked all the project names for convenience.

• iLife 2009 - iTunes, iPhoto, iMovie $


• Built-in Mac Applications - Mail, Safari, Terminal


• iWork 2009 - Office Suite - Pages, Numbers, Keynote $


• TextMate - Text Editor $


• VisualHub - Video Conversion - Use this for converting videos to watch on my iPhone/iPod touch .. no longer for sale but apparently you can download it for free now $


• Transmit - FTP client $


• VMware Fusion - Virtualization - for testing and Windows $


• World of Goo - Game - Possibly the most awesome game ever (via Macheist) $


• Skype - VoIP - We use SkypeOut alot in the support team for calling customers world-wide.


• Adium - Instant Messaging - MSN, Google Talk, Jabber


• X-Chat Aqua - IRC - used for work, prefer a graphical client with sound and growl capability for work.. use irssi on a remote server for personal IRC


• MacPorts - BSD Ports-style for Mac - Applications: bzr, mtr


• Growl - Desktop notifications - also Prowl for forwarding them to my iPhone


• Perian - Video Codecs - for Quicktime


• VLC - Video Player - I use this for watching most videos anyway


• Cisco VPN Client - Used for work (not freely distributed)


• Arduino - For all my Arduino electronics hacking.. for more details see my Geek My Ride page


• EAGLE - PCB Design


• SeaShore - Image Editor - based on the GIMP, but was a Mac UI.. great for simple edits.


• iStat Menus - Menubar System Stats - not yet working on Snow Leopard (will soon) - highly recommended... also lets you replace the menu clock with one that drops down to show a calendar and other timezones.

That's it! I hope some of you find some useful applications in there.

- Trent