On Sunday 22 Feb 2009 18:09:31 Clive Messer wrote: > On Sunday 22 Feb 2009 17:16:57 Rex Dieter wrote: > I wish I had made notes but I didn't. I think the problem - akonadi's mysql > instance refusing to start, was because of the discrepancy between the > logfile size, set to 8M in '~/.local/share/akonadi/mysql.conf' after the > upgrade, and the actual existing files on disk being larger. But take that > with a pinch of salt - I was half awake at the time. > > the change as introduced should only affect *new* akonadi db's, old ones > > should be unaffected. Rex, It does affect existing setups. The next time akonadi is re-started after the upgrade, '~/.local/share/akonadi/mysql.conf' is modified.... innodb_log_file_size=64M -> innodb_log_file_size=8M mysql then refuses to start ...... InnoDB: Error: log file ./ib_logfile0 is of different size 0 67108864 bytes InnoDB: than specified in the .cnf file 0 8388608 bytes! 090223 17:30:44 [ERROR] Default storage engine (InnoDB) is not available 090223 17:30:44 [ERROR] Aborting Regards Clive -- Clive Messer <clive at vacuumtube.org.uk>