Re: was database too old or corrupt error on debian ever solved

A redfaced solution.

I think I figured out what the problem is. It doesn't speak well of me,
but since I hate people who answer their own queries with "nevermind, I
solved it" I'll specify:

There were always two problems: 1) I was getting a dbase too old or
corrupt, and 2) I didn't seem to be using MySql. The solution to both
problems lay in the config files: you need to change the default dbase
to MySql (if that's what you want), and you need to change the default
username to whatever is required by the dbase.

This gets rid of the errors I've been having all along. Now I don't seem
able to able to finish the creation or new users or databases, but that
may be simply a result of my never reading the manual past trouble
shooting, since I couldn't get past the "main db corrupt" error.

-d


On Mon, 2006-29-05 at 11:14 +0200, Markus Hoenicka wrote:
> Hi Daniel,
> 
> as much as I'd like to resolve this issue before the next release (I'm almost
> done), I was not able to reproduce it yet. I need input from anyone who ever
> bumped into this problem. Unfortunately it is likely that users experiencing
> this problem get frustrated and toss refdb instead of subscribing to the list.
> Did you run the tests that I suggested in my previous reply:
> 
> http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?thread_id=10200584&forum_id=1798
> 
> regards,
> Markus
> 
> Daniel O'Donnell <[email protected]> was heard to say:
> 
> > Hi,
> >
> > I'm making one of my periodic attempts to get refdb set up under Ubuntu
> > (this time in dapper using mysql5). I've got the database too old or
> > corrupt error again.
> >
> > As this ever been solved? This installation was on a clean system.
> 
> 
> 
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