[00:00] sommer: btw, i'm simply wondering, after installing the lamp server hardy 8.04 disk server thing, do i need to do anything to mysql to make it "compatible" with jdbc? [00:00] sommer: i've setup a remote user for mysql, and i've even logged into if from this machine... [00:00] sommer: is there something better than openoffice i could use to connect? [00:00] matt____: yeppers, you'll need the libmysql-java package, and a jvm, but there might be one by default [00:01] sommer: jvm? [00:01] sommer: like sun-java-*** [00:01] matt____: what are you trying to do? what's your end goal? [00:01] matt____: yep jvm == java virtual machine [00:01] sommer: you know, that may be one thing that i've not did...that will work. but just wondering...which sun-java should i install? [00:02] a jre? a jdk? version 5 or 6? they make it so confusing [00:02] matt____: whichever one meets your needs... I'd probably go with 6 [00:02] are you developing something? [00:02] 6 jde or jdk? [00:02] sommer: umm...i don't think so [00:02] sommer: my end goal is to setup a simple contacts database... [00:03] matt____: mmmm... if you're looking for simple then why java? [00:03] sommer: well..by simple, i mean using mysql...so that i can access it remotely via ssh [00:05] matt____: ah, but why do you want to use java? I only ask because you don't seem to know much about it [00:05] matt____: for a simpler solution I'd suggest python, perl, ruby, etc [00:05] sommer: i know nothing of it...i just want to be able to connect open office base to mysql, and jdbc and odbc are the only two options, i believe... [00:07] oh, now I see... have you searched linuxjournal.com or linux.com? I believe one, or both, of those sites have a guide for setting that up [00:07] matt____: did you try this: http://dba.openoffice.org/FAQ/specific.html#connectmysql [00:07] matt____: I've only setup mysql and java for a developers perspective [00:07] sommer: i've found (and used) about 4 of them. But openoffice keeps giving me problems... [00:07] sommer: jiqiren i'm wondering...on the server end, do i have to do something to mysql to make it compatible with jdbc? [00:08] jiqiren: bonus, thanks for the link [00:08] matt____: no, it is the driver that is jdbc, it will communicate with mysql using mysql-lingo [00:09] jiqiren: so a default mysql server is compatible with jdbc, correct? because the driver talks in mysql. gotcha. so it is something i am doing wrong... [00:09] sommer: jiqiren that link, i've seen it, but i don't know about one thing. let me try it, and then i'll tell you [00:09] mysql server doesn't understand jdbc, that's why you need the driver [00:11] jiqiren: so i need jdbc on the server? [00:11] jiqiren: libmysql-java? [00:12] no, the driver is what openoffice will use to talk to mysql, openoffice only talks ODBC or JDBC, so you get a driver that will in turn talk to mysql [00:12] mysql has this driver available for free as a .jar [00:13] jiqiren: yes, that is the same as libmysql-java i believe, it installs that java, but i am using the jar... [00:13] http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/connector/j/5.1.html (also has a library... but openoffice just wants the .jar) [00:14] jiqiren: already got that [00:14] using the jar [00:14] in oo [00:14] matt____: ok, then you should be good [00:15] jiqiren: when i try to connect oo to mysql, i get "unexpected exception during query" [00:16] either java is misconfigured on your box - or the driver is throwing an exception (like it is getting access denied) [00:16] what is the exception? [00:16] *unexpected exception encountered during query. that's all i get [00:16] Hi, I am trying to setup a raid sever. I am using a highpoint rocketraid 2320 pci express card. I have that all setup and have a JBOD drive setup. Syslog shows the device, but I can't get fdisk, parted, or gparted to see it [00:16] you need to find where that is logged - or turn on logging somehow [00:16] What am I missing? [00:17] jiqiren: ok...here something is... [00:17] nasa: why would you setup a raid as jbod? [00:17] "the connection to the data source "New Database6" (open office save file thing) could not be established. Access denied for user 'matt'@'192.168.1.102' (using password:YES) [00:18] ok, so you have some mysql access problems - that is the exception [00:19] jiqiren: but...i can log into mysql remotely from this client, i JUST did this... mysql -u matt -h 192.168.1.250 -p [00:19] on the command line, try "mysql -h 192.168.1.102 -u matt -p "New Database6" [00:19] jiqiren: I have a 2nd raid setup (previously done) which is 4 drives setup as a raid 5. This drive (only a single one) is a TB drive. [00:20] on the commandline you are just connecting to mysql without using a DB [00:20] jiqiren: umm..won't work...the New Database thing is the thing that open office saves so that you can open it up and access the database on the server without having to retype all the info [00:20] I bet jdbc is trying to connect to a DB that doesn't exist - or you don't have access to [00:21] like try mysql -h 192.168.1.102 -u matt -p mysql [00:22] jiqiren: the database i'm trying to connect to is BOOKS, and i just logged into mysql as matt and use BOOKS worked [00:22] jiqiren: well.. use BOOKS; [00:22] ok, is openoffice aware of BOOKS as the DB to connect to? [00:22] jiqiren: yes..it asks for it... [00:22] so something is getting dropped by oo [00:23] jiqiren: mind explaining the difference between the jdk and jre? [00:23] jdk is jre+dev tools [00:23] java develepmont kit and java runtime environment? [00:23] so would i need to jre? [00:23] 6? lettme install that on my client, i'm not sure what's installed now, but something is... [00:23] they are both the same, you need 1 of them for running jars [00:24] jiqiren: ok...so i've already got that installed..but do i need that installed on the server as well? [00:24] no the server doesn't care about java at all [00:24] I am keeping the 1tb a JBOD until I can aquire some more closely matched drives [00:25] jiqiren: hmmm...ok. [00:25] lettme try to connect oo to mysql db [00:25] nasa: ah ok, so you can't access the 1 disk that is jbod? [00:26] jiqiren: its weird, it is telling me that access is denied... [00:26] jiqiren: correct [00:27] and sometimes it tells me the exception error [00:27] matt____: i don't understand that if it works fine from the commandline - maybe the password is getting dropped? or you mistyped it when setting it up in OO? [00:28] jiqiren: nope, i type it everytime in oo and cli. cli always works, surely i don't type it wrong everytime in oo? [00:28] nasa: is this jbod disk on the same raid card as the existing raid5? [00:28] matt____: have you tried restarting oo? maybe the drive likes to cache things - even when broken? [00:29] jiqiren: do you know of any other "database" type things like openoffice and access that are opensource that perhaps i could try? [00:29] jiqiren: i restart oo everytime i try... [00:29] matt____: I'm going to try setting up a OO connection real quick... hold on [00:30] jiqiren: yes [00:30] matt____: crap, I don't have oo - i'm on a mac [00:30] jiqiren: alright...but lettme ask you this: i notice that the java connector is like version 5.1.6...would it make a difference between jre 5 or jre 6? [00:30] jiqiren: hmm...you've got the equivalent, right? [00:31] matt____: i have plenty of DB's but don't have oo [00:31] I have neooffice [00:31] but yeahh...the jre 5 or 6 question...? [00:31] jiqiren: alright...but lettme ask you this: i notice that the java connector is like version 5.1.6...would it make a difference between jre 5 or jre 6? [00:34] matt____: I don't know, have to look at the docs for the driver [00:34] jiqiren: i'll uninstall 6 and try 5... [00:36] jiqiren: btw, i don't need to use openoffice, anything that will alow me to paste into tables will work for now... [00:36] i don't know what you mean by past into tables [00:36] s/past/paste [00:38] jiqiren: paste...umm...edit tables by typing into them...instead of using the cli to edit tables... [00:39] matt____: ah... well, I think there are some db gui tools that can help you with that [00:39] jiqiren: i downloaded something from sun..but i can't figure out how to run it [00:39] gui tools [00:39] jiqiren: and openoffice would do it, right? [00:39] but it sounds like you really want to be using a spreadsheet [00:40] jiqiren: umm...sorta. I want to spreadsheet i've got into a database... [00:40] lots of records.. [00:40] *want the spreadsheet [00:47] jiqiren: ?? [00:47] matt____: i just got neooffice to work fine with mysql [00:48] jiqiren: hmm...ok... [00:48] using the java jdbc driver [00:48] jiqiren: in openoffice, when connecting to a database, i hate the option of "mysql THEN selecting jdbc within that, OR just jdbc upfront.. [00:48] I do mysql [00:48] *have [00:49] then select jdbc [00:49] that is what i've been trying... [00:49] have you tried "test" db and then no user/password? [00:49] jiqiren: no, didn't know it existed... :( [00:50] oh btw [00:50] are you running mysql on the same machine as OO? [00:50] jiqiren: no [00:50] ah - then test db won't work [00:51] jiqiren: well...sorta.not sure what you mean. [00:51] i installed me some sorta client thing...not sure if that means anything. [00:51] are you running mysql on the same computer as mysql is running? [00:51] errr [00:51] openoffice [00:52] jiqiren: hmm [00:52] if so, you should use "localhost" for the hostname [00:52] jiqiren: here is something interesting..i can test the driver for jdbc...and it says "the jdbc driver could NOT be loaded" [00:52] i overlooked "not" The many times i tested it.. [00:53] matt____: did you do the steps on http://dba.openoffice.org/FAQ/specific.html#connectmysql ? [00:53] where you add the jar file to oo? [00:53] jiqiren: i did that..but lettme try "again" [00:54] while installing sun-java6-jre, i noticed that there is a sun-javadb-client [00:54] just wonders* [00:57] jiqiren: default port should work, right? [00:57] ye [00:57] jiqiren: btw, this time i got a really weird error [00:58] jiqiren: .... [00:58] btw: gparted does see the raid 5 array just fine.... [00:59] jiqiren: *wonders if i can send jiqiren the screenshot of the error over irc... [01:00] jiqiren: how can i send a file over irc? [01:00] nasa: but you don't see the jbod disk? sometimes jbod disks need to be marked "export" in the bios [01:00] im having trouble installing live usb with ubuntu. the command is ;cp -aR casper disctree dists install pool preseed .disk /mnt/usb_disc. it returns with ;cp: cannot stat `disctree': No such file or directory . does anyone know what i may be doing wrong? [01:01] nasa: I mean in the raid-card bios [01:01] matt____: dcc [01:01] usage? in irssi [01:01] you get anything? [01:02] "/dcc jiqiren /path is what i tried [01:02] i didn't get a request [01:03] any one a guru at live usb installs? [01:03] jiqiren: know how to use dcc? [01:03] jiqiren: of course! :) [01:03] jiqiren: then tell me! [01:03] :) [01:04] i don't use irssi. [01:04] oh, ok [01:04] do you know of how to use it using cli? [01:04] instead of fancy buttons? [01:04] i like nice friendly gui irc [01:05] jiqiren: ok..i know how...watch this [01:05] commandline is for doing real work - like DB! [01:05] you get a request? [01:05] jiqiren: I get a bunch of messages about the JBOD in my syslog file -- I just can't do anything to mount it, fdisk it, or use parted... [01:06] no, I'm natted twice so I bet it won't work [01:06] anything jiqiren ? [01:06] from syslog: scsi 0:0:1:0: Direct-Access HPT DISK_0_1 4.00 PQ: 0 ANSI: 0 [01:06] matt____: nope, sorry [01:06] jiqiren: ok..hold on [01:06] sd 0:0:1:0: [sdb] Very big device. Trying to use READ CAPACITY(16). [01:07] nasa: but when you try to access sdb you get a io error? [01:07] sd 0:0:1:0: [sdb] Write cache: disabled, read cache: enabled, doesn't support DPO or FUA [01:07] jiqiren: no, I can't even access it.... [01:07] nasa: no /dev/sdb exists? [01:08] jiqiren: HTTP, for when all else fails! http://linuxhack3r.com/Images/snapshot2.png [01:08] it exists, but when I try to fdisk it I get "Unable to open /dev/sdb" [01:08] matt____: looks like java hell, that is beyond me - i'm just a dba [01:09] gparted && parted does not find sdb at all [01:09] nasa: are you using lvm by any chance for your raid5? [01:09] jiqiren: i hate java, who needs it? lol [01:09] jiqiren: so any experience with linux and odbc? [01:09] No, not yet (I plan to move stuff from the raid 5 onto the JBOD, so I can setup LVM on it) [01:10] matt____: I have years of LAMP stack experience [01:10] nasa: are you using labels in /etc/fstab ? [01:11] jiqiren: LAMP....i installed that the other day..it's nice. but how about odbc????????????? [01:11] matt____: nope [01:11] jiqiren: lol [01:11] matt____: very minimal [01:12] labels? I haven't added anything to fstab [01:12] jiqiren: i'm going to give it a try...perhaps i'll tell you if it works or not. thanks for the help, not once did you tell me to RTFM [01:12] nasa: so in your /etc/fstab, do you have LABEL=/ / .... ? [01:13] nasa: I'm wondering if your sda/sdb swapped after you added the jbod disk [01:13] No [01:13] however, I do have this line in syslog... [01:14] sd 0:0:1:0: Attached scsi generic sg1 type 0 [01:14] jiqiren: default port? 3306? [01:14] nasa: hmmm that is weird [01:14] matt____: yep [01:14] and a bunch of errors for fd0: "end_request: I/O error, dev fd0, sector 0" [01:15] I don't have a floppy drive at all [01:16] nasa: what does this give you: lshw -businfo -C disk [01:18] nasa: this might be better: lshw -businfo |grep scsi [01:18] jiqiren: it works. i have tried setting up odbc before, but i clicked the usr button instead of the system button. [01:18] scsi@0:0.0.0 /dev/sda disk 959GB DISK_0_0 [01:19] jiqiren: so now...it works..looks like odbc is simpler than java stuff [01:19] scsi@0:0.1.0 /dev/sdb disk DISK_0_1 [01:19] ide@0.0 /dev/hda disk 60GB ST360021A [01:19] strange.... sdb doesn't have a size associated with it [01:19] so sda is your raid5 [01:20] jiqiren: even though now...in the mysql table, column host and name etc, all i have is