Thanks, Philip! That indeed was the issue -- problem solved. Richard
On Sep 25, 2011, at 12:02 , Philip Stoev wrote: > Hello, > > Please try setting aria-checkpoint-interval to a higher value (in seconds). > > Philip Stoev > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Richard Dunn" <ric.d...@mac.com> > To: <maria-discuss@lists.launchpad.net> > Sent: Sunday, September 25, 2011 6:49 PM > Subject: [Maria-discuss] Aria_log file > > >> How do you read the 'aria_log.0000001' file in the data directory? If I open >> it with a text editor, It appears to be binary, but mysqlbinlog says that it >> is not. I'm asking because it looks like 5.3.1 is continually (every two >> minutes) writing to the log, even with no database activity. This impacts >> automatic sleep on my Macbook Pro. >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~maria-discuss >> Post to : maria-discuss@lists.launchpad.net >> Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~maria-discuss >> More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~maria-discuss Post to : maria-discuss@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~maria-discuss More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp