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29
Sep 11
Force 32 bit installs on 64 bit systems (Deb/RPM)
1
Apr 10
Mod_Rewrite in Apache2
Just incase you forget how to fix this the easy way: Enable mod_rewrite for URL voodoo; (Or any module replacing the
rewrite
)
$sudo a2enmod rewrite $sudo service apache2 restart
Remember to fiddle with
/etc/apache2/sites-available.*< \pre> and change "AllowOverride none" to "all" in any places that you're having trouble with rewritten URL's
26
Mar 10
What to do when Ubuntu Device-mapper seems to be invincible!
I’ve been trying a dozen different configurations of my 2x500GB SATA drives over the past few days involving switching between ACHI/IDE/RAID in my bios (This was after trying different things to solve my problems with Ubuntu Lucid Lynx) ; After each attempt I’ve reset the bios option, booted into a live CD, deleting partitions and rewriting partition tables left on the drives.
Now, however, I’ve been sitting with a /dev/mapper/nvidia_XXXXXXX1 that seems to be impossible to kill!
14
Sep 08
Long Extended Break: Hardware Update
So, gonna do a quick write up on my current setup.
Ok, from the top:
Linksys WRT54GL DD-WRT v24 std firmware (also running on the bottom right screen)
Generic Wireless headphones (not used since i heard someone else on the channel 
)
)top screens : Windows server 2008 AMD Athlon X2 64 6000+ on an Nvidia MCP 65 based motherboard carrying 6GB, with the dangerous RAID 0 arrangement of two 500GB sata drives and an IDE 320GB for essential backups. (this system is hidden, lol)
The bottom two screens run off of an old Toshiba Laptop that i “repurposed”, more or less the keyboard has been removed and the screen flipped around and re positioned, Intel Celeron something or other, 512 MB memory, 60 GB HDD, running Ubuntu Hardy Heron that i mainly use for chat, downloads, news, system monitoring and notes.
Fairly standard hidden speakers and everythings as hidden so i get to be messy the rest of the time.
As for functionality, i use the laptop as an always on remote access hub that also lets me dial into work from anywhere. Also, since the laptop is keyboard mouseless, I use synergy to automatically start the client on the laptop (using the desktop as the server)
FYI easy enough to set up, just insert this:
/usr/bin/killall synergyc
/usr/bin/synergyc (server)
in these
/etc/gdm/Init/Default
/etc/gdm/PostLogin/Default
/etc/gdm/PostSession/Default
/etc/gdm/PreSession/Default
And this more or less starts and stops the server at every stage of bootup and login (note, you are not going to get to play with BIOS options et al, read the synergy FAQ
Anyway, Otherwise, I’ve been working on alot of bash script that I will post about separatly, but I am going to be learning perl so i will hopefully be using this thing alot more than usual.
Later guys
10
May 08
Update
Yeah, suprise suprise, I’m actually gonna try and keep this up.
One of the major reasons for the delay since my last documented fiddle as been job hunting for a placement year next year, but I’ve wonderfully secured a position with Ericsson Ireland in their Athlone R&D centre. Pays good, experience is even better.
Beyond that a few other things have been making things hectic, not least of which is the impending Examination period so about the only techy thing I’ve been able to come up with has been a wipe and reinstall to upgrade to Hardy Heron (8.04) (I didnt update because i dont trust dist-upgrade’s ability to do things my way, also meant i could blow out the cobwebs in my filesystem.)
As for that, i have to say I’m very impressed. I started out in my Linux days with Red Hat 3, when RH was OSS. Oh how times change.
I have to say tho that i was expecting more substantial differences; especially in the fact that I’m using the 64bit edition on 64 bit hardware but still have to get the stupid crappy 32 bit implementation layers for something as simple as flash (and thats not even working inside Firefox, thankyouverymuch).
Ahh, firefox, what can we say…. well, very little anymore i guess. Were all used to Firefox being a great browser but sucked up memory like an Altzimers Hooker, which allowed us to have sentences like “Everythings perfect except the memory”.
Now that problem is sorted, were left with this slim slender spritely… well… fox. Now the other flaws are apparrant, like the (naturally tainted but still troublesome) security issues that just-keep-popping-up.
Ok, rant over, I love firefox, absolutly brilliant, even better now it doesnt sit on memory like a paraplegic elephant. I’m really just diverting the disappointing lack of 64 bit support across the board.
No Acrobat Reader.
No Official Google Earth. (something that could do with better math)
Actually, i cant think of many mainstream pieces of code that DONT need the 32bit interoperation libraries.
Anyway. I’ll update when I’m less ranty
16
Dec 07
Introduction
So…. I’m Andrew, I’m a technical person, and I’m gonna use this blog to post out some of my technical musings and little experiments.
Currently, I’m working off of three systems, Athena, Apollo and Hermes.
Athena:Headless Ubuntu Server 7.10, 2.6 Kernel AMD Semperon 3200+, 512MB RAM, 3 Hard Drives Totalling Just Under 1TB (mostly storage and backup archives)
Apollo:WinXP AMD Athlon64 X2 6000+ (3GHz), 4GB RAM (32bit xp only sees 3.5 tho.) GeForce 7600 GS (512MB) and a 500GB SATA drive (My Workhorse for classes and heavy experiments eg VMWare)
Hermes:Ubuntu 7.10 Laptop, Celeron 1.7GHz, 512MB RAM, 60GB HDD (My Carry-about-workstation)
One thing I plan on documenting soon is the progression to WinXP64bit, testing in VMWare first, and then in real life. Maybe someday.
Also I’ll be documenting some of my work at Queens University Belfast, where I study Electronics & Software Engineering, aswell as posting some things i think are interesting.
Of Course, this is all dependant on my updating this blog……..
