dfrankow's questions

After restoring a mysql backup in AWS RDS, I get "table doesn't exist":

Server version: 5.7.22-log Source distribution
mysql> show tables;
+----------------------------+
| Tables_in_db               |
+----------------------------+
| foo                        |
...

mysql> select * from foo;
ERROR 1146 (42S02): Table 'db.foo' doesn't exist

This error is all around serverfault and stackoverflow. The suggestion is usually to stop servers, examine files in the file system, and so on.

I don't think I have access to the server or the filesystem on AWS. Am I hosed?

How do I even file a ticket against AWS?

EDIT: I removed a stray period above, because it wasn't in the real example. This stray period (now gone) caused someone to do some amazing debugging below, but that's not my issue.

Also, I found out how to file a ticket against AWS here.

We started an AWS Elasticache instance on a cache.t2.micro instance. How many connections will it accept?

I have this in a monit script (lines 11-13):

check program foo with
    path "/usr/local/bin/foo.sh" with timeout 300 seconds
       if status != 0 then alert [email protected]

monit reload says:

/etc/monit/conf.d/example:13: Error: syntax error '[email protected]'

None of the examples show an email with the alert, but I need one. Why can I not give one here?

I'm using Monit 5.5.

When I shut down Ubuntu, my router's Ethernet light goes off. When I reboot into Windows, it says a cable is disconnected. If I reboot into Ubuntu again, the Ethernet light goes on again. If I then forcibly shut down the machine (i.e. hold the power button for 5 seconds until it goes down without shutdown), then Windows can access the router. I'm a little sad to forcibly shutdown all the time.

I'm using Windows XP, my Router is an ActionTec GT701-WG. This happened with Ubuntu 8.10 and now with 9.04.

See https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bug/296502 (can't hyperlink).