One of my customers in Hingham, Massachusetts reported that his email wasn't working yesterday. I was unable to call him until today, and we…
I'm confused about a FreeBSD jail I've setup. I'm using the ultradesic minichroot.sh script to enter the jail, but it doesn't seem to affect…
I'm going to have some mindeb images available soon, and the first editions won't be as small as they can be, but they will be pretty small…
After using FreeNAS for about one year, I'm pleased with the results. Its working great for me, and so I'm going to continue using it, and…
Seems like things are calming down with Lenny, even though Debian planet is very active with discussions about the release process in…
The next Debconf is taking place the 23rd through the 29th of July 2009, and I'd love to go. I've only been using Debian for a couple of…
In thinking about what makes PhunkyBB different, I also need to mention that it makes heavy use of the jQuery javascript library - "new wave…
The word on the street is that MacWorld, as we know it, is no more. Its surprising news to me, but being from Boston, I'm familiar with this…
Is it possible to join SPI? Is it a group, or a corporation? I'm not sure... so I'm emailing someone who I think might know: Hi MJ, I've…
Just a quick note here (I'm in the middle of programming, don't want to get too distracted!) about a new practice I'm trying out: the design…
Today I'm spending a few hours testing an application I haven't tested in a few months, and its glaringly obvious that its been too long…
My Acer Extensa 5620Z notebook used to suspend to ram fine with the following command: Now, that doesn't seem to work well. It goes to sleep…
Today I briefly tried Adobe Photoshop CS4, and from what I could tell it appears to be a nice improvement over CS3. Since I'm now an almost…
Whenever I am home in Hingham, I usually help out my parents with their computer. This time it had to do with their monitor, as they…
Planet Debian had a post about hardware compatibility with linux, and how every once in awhile, there are regressive errors in new releases…
Most open source software involved with web design is for the back-end, like databases, web servers, and scripting languages. However, there…
While becoming the 2008 Scrabble champ, I was able to try out my friend's iPhone which has a drum beat sequencer. I was very impressed by…
I've been writing XML and related code for a number of years, and unfortunately, its still not convenient. What I mean by that is that there…
Now that SWF files are easily playable on computers running GNU/linux, I'm able to develop and debug SWF movies that I create using ming…
I did a bunch of research and development into the reduction of computer power consumption to save electricity and reduce heat. In the…
When I needed to do some fancy footwork with my IMAP and POP servers, I found perdition. It was a little surprising at first - would it…
I've again reached the conclusion that I really want a blog engine that is powered by XSL. And then right after I come to that conclusion, I…
Since I spend a lot of my time in front of a computer, I really need to do a better job of getting up and moving around every so often…
Parrot is definitely a new paradigm for interpreted software. Simply put, it separates the parser from the low-level virtual machine (LLVM…
This is incredible! Stop the press! Finally the giant hurdle which has caused so many open source 64 bitters grief could finally be over…
Open Source is one of the greatest things out there right now. I use it all the time on my personal machine. Neo office is my alternative to…
We use verizon DSL at my house. Mainly because comcast is evil, and I refuse to use their often shoddy service, and FiOS isn't available in…
One nice fringe benefit of using Verizon as an ISP is that it comes with free hosting. Its not the best hosting, but it isn't bad. It comes…
Its not that FIOS itself disappointed me today, its really Verizon. The installer who was supposed to come and install FIOS today between…
This is not an easy question to answer. Old computers are slow, potentially toxic, energy hogs. Throw them away? Keep using them? Recycle…
I just logged into Google Analytics and SURPRISE! they updated the interface. At first I really liked it, but then I realized that there are…
I'm really looking forward to Lenny going stable - that's the current "testing" version of Debian. I'm not looking forward to it going…
I've been using GoDaddy for a few years with mixed results. For the most part, things have been great, except for one time where I messed up…
My favorite SMTP server is Postfix. I've been using it for over five years and its never let me down. I've used it on Gentoo and Debian, and…
This one was annoying - I've got a nice old bayes database that apparently the spamassassin was having some trouble with from time to time…
In my efforts to figure out how to pay my FIOS bill online, I learned that FIOS accounts come with email and web space too - cool! I've used…
We use all three of the Selenium testing applications to ensure quality releases of PBooks. These are: Selenium IDE is great for learning…
The main difference between PhunkyBB and other forum software packages is its use of XSL as its template language. There aren't too many web…
One might argue that software is so new, its almost a redundant to say something like "there is going to be a software rebirth", but I have…
There are many free email providers on the Internet. Why are they free? They aren't purely free - they are paid for through advertising…
I was able to setup a IPSec VPN on a Linode virtual server without too much trouble. They make it easy to add an extra network device as…
Rinetd is not really a proxy, but it can accomplish almost the same thing. Its a TCP relay, which can listen on an ip address and port and…
With the economy the way it is, many people are losing their jobs and are being forced to pursue other careers. Even the stalwarts of…
I've been trying to setup static NAT (1:1 mapping) over IPSec, but I just can't get it to work. I'm not sure what the problem is, but I…
Doh! I'm getting this error in my Apache logs when trying to use the perl library SVN::Web. This problem is caused by an update to the RA…
Accessing the internet while on the road can be tough, but it shouldn't be impossible. One thing to keep in mind is the hotels that offer…
What you are doing here is overriding the internet's domain name system, so that when you type www.web_address_here.com http://www.web…
When I first got the machine, from my employer. I did some research on it to find out more about it. When I asked wikipedia, it warned me…
Unfortunately, the great GoDaddy coupon codes (OYH3, emma3, chill3, etc.) which provided domains for $6.95 no longer work for me. Even the…
Well I finished the download/install of Xcode, and started the youtube tutorial. I'm going to have to find another tutorial, because the one…
I've decided I want to learn C++. It's a sort of challenge that popped up between my boyfriend and me. We were talking about how a new job…
Recently I blogged about bringing my pfSense firewall along, and while it was first a bit of a pain to use, its working really well now. I'm…
ICANN just emailed me their yearly whois check-up, reminding me of a domain I own but forgot about. I had registered the domain via dot…
I admit, I do have a Windows box. At least its a dual-boot. Its a simple laptop, an Everex NC1500 which came with XP Home. I installed…
Now we're up to four drivers: The new one, Chrome, is not to be confused with Google's Chrome, and is just the video driver, no OpenGL or…
I'm always rattling on about abstraction layers, how they seem like extra work, but with a little bit of foresight, can save a lot of work…
How do you bring your network with you when you are bouncing around from place to place like I have been lately? Its difficult to have to re…
Ran out of disk space in /var/... canceled dist-upgrade, resulting with: Ouch! So what to do... looking in /var/lib/apt/status: Going to re…
Debian's lenny repositories are now featuring linux 2.6.26 - nice! I updated my Acer Extensa EX5620-4025 last night, but I'm still having…
I'm currently reading the "Linux Networking Cookbook", by Carla Schroder. I chose this book as I'm constantly working with networks…
I've been working on my portable VPN gateway, and I have to admin its been a tough nut to crack. Not only did something get screwed up with…
This was driving me crazy!! Every time I'd try and use nm-applet to configure my wireless internet with WPA, it would connect, but then be…
Not sure what's up with this error - I'm trying to connect to my office VPN from the Rockville, MD library, using a portable pfSense gateway…
Pystar is alleging that Apple is a monopoly, according to BetaNews.com, in their latest counter complaint in the lawsuit recently launched…
I've just purchased an ACER Aspire M1640. After unboxing it, I installed debian etch, upgraded to lenny, and am now going through the…
I've decided to pack up a small router to bring along with me and my laptop. Why? Because pfSense works so well of course! If I'm just using…
The Beagle Board looks quite nice as a low power device. I'm planning to purchase one to try out some different experiments on, but I'm…
I've finally finished setting up a FreeNAS box as a local Debian repository mirror. I've done this with a new feature of FreeNAS - the web…
I've got a few KVM images planned, and I'd like to automate the process, so I'm coming up with a few ideas to jot down. Python Moin-Moin…
Today we put together a computer with an Elite Group Motherboard, and a mini box enclosure. It doesn't hold a whole lot of data, but it…
I'm trying out ath9k on a new inexpensive laptop - it has an atheros chip: In the past on my debian macbook, I've used the madwifi drivers…
I'm not too familiar with Debian as an OS, but as far as the installation process is concerned, its great. I've installed it onto a few…
For those of you just interested in what worked scroll to the bottom. For anyone interested in the process... Some quick background on my…
Here's a picture of my pfSense box plugged into my switch. If I understand this correctly the switch is merely acting to complete a circuit…
Sometimes knowing something works is a very good thing. If old technology sticks around, chances are it works, and just because there is…
FreeNAS is a great "network attached storage" project, based off m0n0wall. I've been testing it out for quite some time, but haven't felt…
This is good news: Stable Point Release: Etch 4.0r4 (aka etchnhalf) I'd like to start keeping my production servers running stable software…
I'm having some problems with X crashing on my Macbook which runs Debian: From /var/log/Xorg.log: And the segfault from dmesg: After it…
This is exactly what I was looking for! This type of solution is perfect for a distributed system. Nice! What does it do? It backgrounds the…
I've been using Debian's MTOS for a client and so far it seems quite different than the versions that I've been basing Mutable Times off of…
I had trouble tracking down the driver for this printer. I'm not sure if this model was discontinued or what, but we had a hard time…
This post from Mak is most welcome: OpenVZ Debian Linux images I've been hankering for the power-saving features of 2.6.24+ and the openvz…
I'm doing a little research on the Atom Processor, and the D945GCLF motherboard: http://formortals.com/Home/tabid/36/EntryID/84/Default…
The new debian-powered server I'm building is coming out great! It has a high powered CPU, a serious motherboard, a low-power graphics card…
This is very interesting... http://www.timestretch.com/FractalBenchmark.html I don't want to start a flame war here. The benchmark is just…
Nice! Finally got AOL Server's nsmysql driver working with a lot of help from Dossy. (THANKS!) This was the trick: As well as having…
Finally figured this one out, I think. I was trying to compile aolserver4-nsmysql on debian, using the package source, but I kept hitting…
I'm going to send out two emails to some debian developers today. One to the maintainer of libapache2-mod-xslt, to ask that the module gets…
Debian (which is awesome) has the aolserver4-nsxml package, but it doesn't come with xslt support compiled in. So I've downloaded the source…
In the wake of another DNS security flaw discovery, I'm trying out unbound, the new security-enhanced, open source, validating DNS server…
I'm trying to build a Ruby web application engine, without really knowing much ruby, so I'm trying out some existing Ruby apps to get a feel…
I've been searching for XSLT bindings for Erlang, and though hard to find, there are some projects out there: http://www.erlang.org/user…
I feel like I'm finally starting to get python. After reading Python black magic, I started to notice that there were some different ways of…
I've been working with PHP for a long time, and more recently and intensely, Perl and Python. I like all three languages, but since I've…
I've been benchmarking XSL-powered applications quite a bit lately, and I've come up with a few tips which have helped improve the…
I'm installing sqlrelay-python on lenny to try it out with a new python powered framework I'm building. Indeed, to start sqlrelay, you do…
I'm finally trying to setup mod_wombat: Some configure warnings, but then make gives an error: I added ";\n" to the end, ( a real newline…
Python's Beaker package is actually quite nice. After wrestling with sessions in perl for awhile, its refreshing to find a package that…
Varnish the reverse proxy can do some pretty cool stuff. I just realized that it compiles its VCL rules into C so that they are process…
Not much in the limelight these days, AOLServer is still a high quality server. It was one of the first web servers I started working with…
I have a hard time with python for some reason. So many people have told me about how it "makes sense", but when I try to use it, it seems…
Just some things that took me awhile to figure out:
This looks very interesting... should be helpful in getting me more acquainted with perl. To install on Lenny, I first installed php5-dev…
Yes I've got more: Does mod_deflate cause problems with memory expansion? I think its due to Apache claiming small bits of memory, which…
Yup. My world is currently consumed by Perl. I think I've finally figured out what's up with references. In PHP, stuff gets created and…
I'm finding many similarities between perl and python, though I'm sure there are as many, if not more, differences. I've been using PHP for…
Just tried to comment on Brian McCallister's blog about a comment he made about mod_perl not being as good as he thought it was, but there…
Now that I've learned a little bit of perl, I'm interested int checking out some of the internals of spamassassin. For some time, I've…
I'm planning to setup MogileFS one of these days. It appears to be equivalent to the S3 service from Amazon in the way that I would use it…
Varnish looks like a great reverse proxy - and the next network / server I setup, I'm planning to use it. I'd like to do something like this…
Perl is interesting. I've started a few patterns, for what its worth... for setting object parameters. I wonder if I should instantiate them…
I installed Varnish on my bart "Lenny" testing machine, its a reverse proxy, which as I understand it means it acts a lot like a regular web…
I had to ditch my kFreeBSD AMD64 install because a recent upgrade caused the X server to die during gdm startup. It was odd - the X server…
I've been using Apache for years, and I'm still a perl novice. Therefore, I'm glad that mod_perl has so much Apache stuff to it. That is…
I've been wrestling with mod_perl sessions for the past few hours. I don't mind as its helping me learn perl! :-) Anyway, its pretty…
I'm getting interested in modperl 2.0. While I'm quite satisfied with mod_fcgid, I'm very interested in the idea of using modperl to manage…
I had so much fun working with C yesterday, I'm already planning more tasks! MySQL and modrewrite The mysql client I wrote for use with…
Every once in a while, someone's PHP bashing gets the best of me, and I review some other languages: python, ruby, ocaml, perl, and c mostly…
After reading about re2c on the planet debian site, I read up on it a little, then today when I was thinking about modrewrite and mysql, I…
I'm setting up another Apache server to start hosting services based upon software "invented here". I've been working on several projects…
From Ralf S. Engelschall: jquery.debug.js From GlyphX: jquery.xslTransform.js - works with sarissa to work the XSLT magic on the client…
The guys over at LIIP have patched the xsl extension to provide profiling capabilities. Its not too detailed, but it provide the most…
A message popped up on the Apache modules-dev list which was a follow-up to a post I made way back when about using digest auth with proxies…
We've been building various computers with different components and operating systems. After that we've been taking power measurements with…
The Apache2 xslt_filter is up and running on bart111, an openvz instance we use for exeprimental software. It has some nice parts - like the…
I'm trying to install Roadsend PHP compiler on bart, which runs Debian Lenny (testing). Everything seemed to go ok, but then when I changed…
I love XSL. Its incredible standard, focused, and limited. When things don't work, they completely don't work. After working with XSL for a…
Being a fan of Apache, I've read the mod_rewrite guide a few times. Its very cool stuff, and allows you to do almost anything you want with…
Today I ran windmill for the first time today on my pc using the firefox browser. In order to get the program running you need to open up…
More to-dos: Try out ldap authentication with Apache - does it support digest? Unfortunately no, should again review building mod_authn_dbd…
Ran into an issue where logrotate makes Apache server logs owned by root. Found a fix here: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=45879
MogileFS is written in Perl and has been around for awhile: http://www.danga.com/mogilefs/ http://www.capoune.net/mogilefs/ http://php…
This package looks terrific. I tried it once years ago, and am now trying again. I installed the database, and then tried the simple script…
I'm building php5-svn: Got this error: It was a problem with my /tmp filesystem, I set the fstab options to defaults and then: ¥
In my effort to reach out and connect with other developers, I've been reminded of how un-fun the process can be, thanks to Neil Williams. I…
Awhile back I wrote about how I don't think software development is a team sport. True, there are many different roles in a complete…
The RoundCube debian package ships with its own customized version of Net_SMTP, which gets used by other non-Roundcube applications, even if…
Yay! Mod_auth_mysql is back in action in debian! http://www.infodrom.org/~joey/log/?200805151718 I've previously used mod_auth_mysql before…
Its been a few weeks since I installed debian on my Macbook. First I had to take care of the obvious - getting a right click method, wifi…
I'm by no means a security expert, but after the Debian OpenSSL vulnerability, I still felt a little secure. Why? I have a bunch of "add-ons…
One of my projects, Internet Floor Plans, uses ming to generate swf-powered interactive floor plans. I recently decided to open source the…
I'm building Gnash again as I was finally able to get it working in Firefox 3, and I'm curious if the current repository (CVS at the moment…
My company uses FIOS for hosting many services, like this blog, and so far its working out very well. Granted, I don't think its as good as…
I've always used conservative or ondemand for CPU frequency governors, but after reading Matthew Garrett's post on modern cpus, and how they…
I was getting DMA timeout errors on a FreeNAS server setup yesterday, so I "forgot" the drive, then removed it from the array, and today I…
This will increase the cpu from 330 to 400Mhz! I was able to run the update today and I'm really glad I did. The entire experience is much…
I'm trying out OpenSolaris today on an intel d201gly. Hopefully the sis ethernet driver will work bug-free now. Strange, I just tried using…
I setup syncrepl for slapd on lisa132 today, its pretty easy, just have to add a couple of things to /etc/ldap/slapd.conf: Note - after…
Debian has almost 20,000 packages in their repositories, but many of them do the same thing. I've been thinking about making a distribution…
Note to self, if you are looking to empty your spam mailbox, use this command to train spamassassin first: and the new command I'm using…
I downloaded the Selenium Core onto my computer in order to test Pbooks some more. I was having a heck of a time getting the tests to pass…
Today I installed Debian kFreeBSD AMD64 on an extra laptop. I've gotta say I'm really impressed with this project - its working well on the…
I installed Flux CMS this morning - I'm very interested in it because it uses XSL. It works fine so far but I'd like to work on the admin…
Its funny to think about reverse engineering something that spells it all out for you. Debian has some incredible documentation, but I guess…
Awhile back, I wrote about wanting a method to use LDAP to store configuration files, so I was really pleased when I read that there is an…
Yesterday I took my Debian GNU/kFreeBSD machine out for a spin. Its always cool to see the debian logo in ascii upon boot! :-) Anyway I did…
Installing openpanel on bart: Homer: Doh! Don't know why, but it wouldn't work with "ldap" in /etc/nsswitch.conf, so I removed them and it…
Reseller accounts remain a hot commodity in the hosting marketplace, but I expect to see a migration or reseller accounts from shared…
Apple has bought PA Semi. That is awesome. PA Semi is an efficient PowerPC chip. This means I'll still be able to use my Photoshop CS2 on a…
I've tried out git a bunch and compared to subversion it still confuses me a little. Mercurial seems promising, though there aren't many…
Very cool stuff: http://jan.kneschke.de/2007/8/1/mysql-proxy-learns-r-w-splitting http://www.dbmail.org/dokuwiki/doku.php http://www.guia…
ERROR: Connection dropped by IMAP server Just ran into a few issues with Courier-imap on lenny, and it appears I am not alone: http://bugs…
For me, the most obvious solutions are often highly obfuscated. Its true, common sense is not readily accessible for me. Why? I have no clue…
<xsl:stylesheet xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform" version="1.0"> <xsl:output method="html" indent="yes" encoding="UTF-8" omit…
I visit Planet Debian several times a day. Lately there's been a lot of chatter about Debian politics I have no clue about, but most of the…
Wrestled with courier webadmin for a bit tonight. The apache2 server I was trying to install it on had a VirtualScriptAlias setup for trac…
I'm using FreeNAS to setup a local mirror of a debian repository; so far so good! Actually that didn't work out - easynews mirrors…
I'm testing out FreeNAS as you might have guessed based on my last post. That server was a total mashup, I'm not surprised it crashed, all…
I made it through a couple of recent tasks I set myself out to complete - but I still have the backups to do. I also still have to configure…
The Debian installer, while lo-fi, rocks. It has a tons of cool features like setting up LVM and RAID, among others. I'm thinking about…
This is beautiful: Is it possible to install on SCSI drives with Adaptec AIC 7899 controller? I am trying to install Nexenta on a server…
Again I'm impressed. As I explain here, its been a long time since I've been so impressed with something as much as I am with Debian and its…
After trying out BeleniX and Nexenta, I'm really interested in the future of opensolaris, and how it will affect the future of open source…
There's been some banter on planet debian lately about resizing filesystems (ext3 and reiserfs) so I'm going to try. Turns out a dev-10…
Nexenta looks very cool too - I'll have to try this out tomorrow as well! It uses the SunOS kernel and GNU userland tools... as well as…
Perl powers some very handy applications, and based upon the success I'm having with svnweb, I'm going to give Apache::AutoIndex a try. The…
I tried using the BeleniX liveCD today and I was actually pretty impressed. One question though: when it starts up, there is text that says…
Just browsing the debian repository and these packages caught my attention: * http://wiki.systemimager.org/index.php/Main_Page* http…
I've just added the latest version of Nexista (0.2.2) to the Docunext Debian repository. This is mostly for practice at this point, and I'm…
I've finally made a GPG public key: This is the first key I've made in awhile, so I might end up doing something stupid with it. Thankfully…
Some of the debian ideas are starting to "click". I'm signing up at mentors.debian.org, and I've just created my gpg key using instructions…
I'm trying to setup a bittorrent tracker on a development server so I can learn more about the protocol. I think this is it: http://www…
What do they do? There are a bunch of roles that debian people play - developer, maintainer, mentor, packager, administration, etc. Its very…
If I keep telling myself to do this stuff, eventually I will!* Setup a bacula server and service to regularly back everything up* Setup LDAP…
Thanks to Aigarius Blog (http://www.aigarius.com/blog/2008/04/12/debian-development-basic-links/):
To setup AWStats on Debian with Apache, I followed these steps. I read through the examples in /usr/share/doc/awstats/examples/, and I…
I've been updating a few of my laptops to XUbuntu 8.04 and its markedly improved. I like XUbuntu because it runs well on machines with low…
I really like the idea of static content (files) rendered dynamically. I like this because there is no need to "publish", but the static…
I'm still trying to learn python, and while this post from a debian developer is a bit over my head, I found it an interesting read: Select…
After a few months of using jQuery, I'm really pleased with how its working out. I get the feeling that it will only get better from here on…
There are plenty of naysayers documenting the clouds around Google, pointing out executives leaving, pay-per-click revenues flat-lining, the…
I originally setup Mutable Times to use a remote MySQL database, but even with some pretty fat pipes thanks to FIOS, the performance was…
One of my favorite things about RoundCube is that is provides a "write" and a "read" dsn - I actually use this with MySQL as I replicate my…
Maybe these practices will be of value to others... so when I setup a machine, I usually leave the host in a very simple state. I'd like to…
I have a few BDB files which help manage comment spam on my blogs, and I'm starting to think about doing so in a more intelligent manner…
Allowing access of feeds to the wrong party can result in copyright infringement, among other things, so I've sort of "put it off" for now…
I'm trying out mod_gnutls and I really like what I see. I installed it on a debian lenny machine without any problems - I'm even using my…
I'm happily using /etc/hosts as my internal / vpn host resolver, as opposed to running a separate dns service for my private ip space. Why…
Just my notes: Can the roundcube debian package use the tinymce debian package? I removed tiny_mce from circlebox, noted that sending…
I've installed Debian + kFreeBSD today - very cool stuff. The installation process is much more FreeBSD than debian, but once you get into…
I'm back installing debian on an ALIX1C - the lx800 wonder from PC Engines that uses only 5W of power! I'm using a compact flash disk as the…
As regular readers of Docunext know, one of my favorite websites is Planet Debian. While perusing some debian packages last night, I…
I installed Typo3 last night and unfortunately it took me about an hour to realize that the Typo3 EMCAscript interface is not compatible…
I've been trying to install some freeware on my tibook, and for whatever reason I keep running into these odd road blocks. On my previous…
I finally setup csync2 on debian - its nice! Its a simple sort of configuration tool that I need for now. I followed this guide for setting…
Today I setup my HP t5725 thin client to be used as my desktop computer at my office. What I did differently was to use an NFS mount for my…
Today I upgraded an HP t5725 thin client to use as a desktop at my office. Previously this machine was configured as a server, but…
I'm very pleased with my new Macbook setup. I'm using Gnome and Openbox, Firefox 3 beta 4, madwifi with WPA supplicant, and everything is…
I'm trying out postfix-gld, a greylisting daemon which uses mysql and is available in the debian repositories. It looks pretty good. I'm…
Just some notes... I'm really tired and I worked on this for several hours today. While I think it might be possible to use digest auth on a…
I've been working on some change's to jd's mod_defensible Apache module, and I just emailed him about it: This email is from Albert Lash. I…
With libapache2-modxslt (or similar) and mod_dbd, Apache gets a heck of a lot closer to an application server. In considering this, I was…
I've written about blocking POST requests before, and thanks to WP-Spamfree I've found another way to do so - with cookies, like so…
System administrators know: configuration management can be difficult! I'm taking notes on a new strategy: Keep using svn Use hostname as…
I'm going to try and build a package for libapache2-mod-transform. I like it better than libapache2-modxslt, but only modxslt has a package…
Turns out this is a must! :-) How else is apt-get supposed to know what to install? Duh! OK, there is probably a helper to create the list…
I just tried out the PEAR Web Frontend, its pretty cool! I believe that eventually servers will be able to be configured in general by web…
I'm now making another attempt to make better debian packages of my own projects and customizations of existing packages... starting with…
Just returned from IRC where I asked #roundcube about jquery, just to double check they weren't mad against it. My inquiry received positive…
I'm very happy tonight because I was able to get one of my projects (PBooks) to play nicely (so far...) with SQLite. Previously I had been…
Finally figured this out... something obvious as usual. I had to set the content type to text/xml for that the post request was receiving…
Analysis and my personal, tentative conclusions: hmac-md5 / hmac-sha is good, but not entirely portable across services / protocols, AFAIK…
You don't have the XS version of Scalar::Util Again I am installing djabberd on debian via cpan, have to install make, gcc, libc6-dev…
Now that pfSense 1.2 is out and I finally hav FIOS, I'm planning a new router based on either an ALIX board or a VIA C7 board. I'm leaning…
I just got FIOS at my office and I'm trying to debug an ssh problem with a VPN I've setup between my office and my home. Soekris net4501 m0n…
Today I was helping my dad with his Windows XP machine. He has a Kodak printer that has caused him a lot of grief lately, and today it…
I installed byteflow last night, and although I had some issues with url mapping, I finally got it to work. Its pretty cool - very much all…
Bad news. Who is responsible? ¥
I'm taking another crack at gOS - this time downloading it from the underground server ftp mirror: http://underground-server.com/welcome…
Finally got CPAN to work well, thankfully. I had to install libc6-dev, and am also using "perl -MCPAN -e shell" instead of simply "cpan" to…
I just tried out awchat - works fine, but the interface is a little quirky. I'm looking forward to using it alongside pidgin. I'm currently…
I'm still plugging away at the Everex video drivers... strange - but the dri module is actually uma.ko, not via.ko. Its for the s3g_driver…
I've been using OpenVZ quite happily to run multiple instances of linux, but now I'm checking out Xen and KVM as other virtualization…
To try and dig deeper into the Unichrome madness - I wrestled with the Zonbu root filesystem today. Its compressed into a read-only squash…
Here's a new project I'm interested in: http://www.gnu.org/software/gnash/ Its a free Flash player, and is on the list of high priority open…
I'm now taking a minute to compare the Openchrome SVN codebase with the code from Via as of December 2007. Wow that is only the tip of the…
Via makes some cool products, but their management of these products seems totally erratic to me. For example, their driver downloads - some…
I'm not exactly sure what the difference between X11 and xserver-xorg are, but I'm trying to make my graphics perform better. I'm using a…
As luck would have it, I'm giving the CK kernel source patches a try right when CK quits the kernel development team. Oh well, should be…
I'm taking another stab at setting up MythTV. After setting up a laptop using the openchrome drivers, I remembered how much fun working with…
I'm glad to report that the battery charged to 100% yesterday and my Macbook is back in action, still minus the CD / DVD drive…
I'm trying to get pfSense to work with a soekris lan1621 card which has two sis interfaces. Everything seems fine, but I get incoming errors…
My Macbook battery icon in the menubar shows that the battery is missing - it displays only an "X". Too bad! I've tried resetting the PRAM…
My first introduction to linux was redhat, and then I switched to Windows 2000, then switched to Mac OS X with its BSD-ish core. During my…
Its been at the top of my wish list for awhile - a standard method for configuring applications! Wouldn't it be nice if there was something…
This is an interesting package, and I found this interesting post concerning it: ten years of free software -- part 8 (pentium-builder) I'm…
I setup a new kind of proxy today. Its only meant for secure access to one host server, but the point was to enable the use of the VIA ACE…
We need a dependency checker for PHP! Something where you can theme it up easily, select what is needed, run the script and be done with it…
I'm writing this post from a new browser I'm trying out: Kazehakase. Its actually really nice, but it crashes when I try to adjust the…
I'm working to get my laptop to use WPA2 with the AES encryption algorithm so that it can use the Via C7 padlock acceleration. http://www…
Swiftweasel is still a little too heavy for my Via C7 laptop, so I'm trying a new build, the 3.0b2 pentium 4 version. Hopefully that will…
I couldn't help but try more compiling efforts on using DRI with openchrome, but I didn't succeed this time either. :-( Seems its just not…
I noticed on the RoundCube trac recently that they've been changing their code to use POST when anything is updated or changed - this is a…
This pluggable authentication module (PAM) which can run scripts upon login looks cool: http://upsilon.cc/~zack/hacking/software/pam-hooks…
I'm wondering if keep-alive settings affect how well roundcube performs. I was concerned because I have my web server behind a firewall…
The latest Ubuntu distro removes a key piece of software, s2ram, without justification. This is a major folly in my opinion, and from this…
I'll have to track this one down: Explanation: Today is January 30, 2008, but for some reason, the message in the middle is listed by its…
I'm installing another Ubuntu desktop, xubuntu-desktop, on an old laptop notebook which happens to have a decent graphics card. The machine…
Well I finally did it - I took the encryption challenge! I followed Zeth's instructions to encrypt my home directory: Encrypt your /home I…
It works!!! That is so cool. I'm just about all the way converted to linux. :-) I've been using linux as a server platform for years but…
Bluefish as an editor is pretty good. Comparing it to jEdit, the two have the functionality I need: Remote filesystem browsing Element…
With MTOS, publishing is done by the author, whereas with many other blog engines, including Wordpress, the actual publishing is done by the…
One of my favorite things about MTOS is the editor. It works better for me than any of the other ones I've tried. I spent a few hours last…
For the majority of my short testing career I have mainly dealt with working out the bugs and errors for our pbooks site. It has been a…
Yay! I'm switching to using linux on a notebook! My Macbook has been acting erratic and before it goes I decided to switch to ubuntu…
My MacBook is having problems. Major problems. Not sure what the deal is, but here's what happened - I was using it, when all of a sudden…
I'm going to try using the Everex NC1501 full time as my MacBook is having problems. In setting up the wireless, I had to figure out that…
CamelCase Good because it keeps strings short and sweet. Bad because when you double click a portion of the string, the entire string is…
Its interested to note that there are a lot of computer companies making a concerted effort to reduce energy consumption, but how much…
I'm wrestling with Pocoo. Maybe the well documented code isn't as good as I thought. The bugs I'm running into are probably due to some…
I use pfSense as a load balancer to direct traffic to two different machines. I've experienced strange behavior when I restart the virtual…
So I'm trying out phpPgAdmin and I'm glad to report how cool it is. Its very much different than phpMyAdmin but I believe that is the case…
I wish I could set the Selenium speed in the test suite file.... and for individual tests for that matter. ¥
I just had a tough time figuring out how to get a newline into a textarea with selenium core. It should have been obvious, but I was…
I'm trying out anyterm 1.17. The demo is pretty cool, and the development version (the 1.1x branch) uses Sarissa, which I've been interested…
I'm pretty much completely self-hosted now. I do have a colocation setup, and some servers online in my office. Its a good setup, but not…
Tortoise SVN is a subversion client that is implemented as a Microsoft Windows Explorer extension. It is used to maintain current and…
I'm celebrating today as I made some significant edits to a "trac hack", proof that I'm actually learning python! The trac hack I edited is…
I'm installing Gallery2 on debian - so far so good! Note: I use public as my docroot. I had to enter a mysql username and password for the…
Windmill is kind of like Selenium in that it uses javascript to test web applications, but it is also powered by python which is very cool…
I finally nailed down a problem I've been having with MySQL replication on debian. I usually use tmpfs for /tmp, so when the machine…
Its funny, I never would have imagined in my wildest dreams - and my dreams are wild - that abstract notions could be carried through from a…
libapache2-mod-wsgi http://packages.debian.org/unstable/python/libapache2-mod-wsgi http://tools.cherrypy.org/wiki/ModRewrite http://code…
I'm again canceling my O'Reilly Safari account. The credit card I use there was compromised, and though I have no idea how it was…
Today's python effort - getting comfortable with python packages on debian. The steps I took: Interesting... when installed, where do the…
MoinMoin Seems like MoinMoin could be run on a platform like Nexista / Cocoon / Pycoon fairly easily. action/init.py has an ActionBase class…
I just emailed Andrey some questions about pycoon: OK, cool. Here are some notes I took while exploring: The pycoon process: The…